Moon
The moon may look round to us from down here on Earth, but the surface of our lunar companion is riddled with craters and varying densities which give the moon uneven gravitational pulls. For the first time, NASA scientists have properly mapped out the cause of this phenomenon.
A woman has discovered samples of moon dust thought to have been lost since the 1970's.
a meteorite that struck the Moon, causing an explosion that could be seen here on Earth.
According to new research, water found deep inside the Earth and the moon may have originated from the ancient meteorites. Some scientists now believe that water already existed on Earth prior to the impact that created the moon, and subsequently, the moon would've begun with a portion of that supply.
What does Earth's moon and several of the larger asteroids hovering around our solar system have in common? Well, according to NASA, they've both been blasted under a bombardment of asteroids in the past.
One of Pluto's moons may be named Vulcan after thousands of Star Trek fans voted in a public poll to name the moon after the home planet of one of the science fiction show's iconic characters.
British director Duncan Jones is in talks to direct the film adaptation of the role playing video game "World of Warcraft."
Almost 40 years after abandoning its lunar exploration program, Russia is once again planning a trip to the moon, the country announced Wednesday. Russia will launch a series of unmanned robot probe missions to the moon in 2015, Russian space agency Roskosmos announced this week. A manned mission will follow the unmanned probe missions no later than 2030.
The space agency released the last video from the GRAIL spacecraft, which crash landed on the moon in December.
The first meteor shower of the New Year might have to difficult to view due to the moon as it peaks overnight on Jan. 3.
Jupiter and the moon, along with several of Jupiter's moons, have taken over the Christmas night sky, giving skywatchers something great to look at.
After little over one year in space, NASA's twin GRAIL probes are expected to crash onto the moon's surface only days from Thursday.
On Titan, Saturn's moon, a Nile-like river filled with the liquid hydrocarbons ethane and methane stretches 250 miles long.
After almost 40 years, moon rocks presented to Alaska by Nixon are back on display in Alaska.
Nearly forty years ago, rare, precious rocks brought from the moon vanished from the Alaska State Museum in Juneau in a museum fire.
