As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar ...

A still image of the Moon and the southern portion of the SOFIA data. A new study using NASA’s and DLR’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the ...

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...

India's space program made double history today with the successful landing of its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in the moon’s mysterious south polar region. It's a twofold milestone: the first landing ...

A topographic model of the Moon using a color-scale from purple (low) to red (high) based on data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Kaguya by the Japanese Space Agency. This is a ...

This striking composite shot of the lunar south pole appears in National Geographic Magazine's special space issue out on Sept. 19. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Editor’s note: On Thursday, Feb. 26, the Odysseus lander touched down near the moon's South Pole and began communicating with Earth. Astrophysicists at CU Boulder will be part of the first United ...

The cosmic microwave background — the universe’s oldest light — has traversed vast distances before reaching us. During its extended journey, gravitational forces from massive cosmic structures caused ...