Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism.

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized.

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

China has successfully returned samples from the dark side of the Moon to Earth, a world first. There is clearly a race to return to the Moon. It’s easy to draw parallels between the 20th century ...

She was hunting through the volcanic landscape for geological treasure — Moon rocks that she could pick up and bring back to Earth, which would reveal secrets of this frozen world. As the first ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. NASA has revealed animations of the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, made using brand-new data gathered from the far-off moon.

Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake.

NASA is teaching a robot dog how to walk on the Moon. With little fanfare, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers — including engineers, planetary scientists, and cognitive scientists — let ...