Latest Moons Stories
Hubble just captured a lunar eclipse for the first time ever
Ancient supernovas may have pierced moon rocks with star shrapnel
If life exists on Titan, it’s even weirder than we thought
Earth has a new mini-moon, but don’t get too attached
Katherine Johnson, whose calculations enabled the first moonwalk, dies at 101
These lunar rover tires mimic camel hooves for maximum traction on the moon
Mysterious stripes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus may have a new origin story
The first global map of Titan reveals Earth-like features with a peculiar twist
Twelve photos that capture the wonder of Apollo 11
NASA’s sending a rover named VIPER to map the moon’s ice deposits
How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon
Saturn now has 82 known moons—so why did we only get one?
NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip
11 super-nerdy photography facts about the cameras we took to the moon
Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon
Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)
The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos
Did we mishear Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon?
The Apollo 11 mission as told through the astronauts’ heart rates
These six big moon mysteries remain unsolved
Groovy lunar tunes to help you celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?
Fifty years ago Hasselblad sent the first cameras to the moon
Could you run a moon mission from your smartphone?
NASA’s new mission to Titan is looking for life in all the right places
The moon’s south pole is hiding something massive and mysterious
The Moon keeps flashing us and we have no idea why
The White House is giving NASA another $1.6 billion to go to the moon. It won’t be enough.
The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)
Jeff Bezos wants to solve all our problems by shipping us to the moon
The Israeli moon crash reminds us that lunar landings are a pain in the butt
A guide to the moon’s craters, seas, and ghostly shine
The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request
Moon dust kept sealed for 50 years will finally reveal its secrets
Megapixels: Check out the moon’s gnarly sunburn
The collision that formed the moon may have delivered the building blocks of life
How to watch the super blood wolf moon this weekend
Chang’e 4: why the moon’s far side looks red in new images
China just accomplished the first landing on the far side of the moon
Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon
7 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the moon landing really happened
Miranda to Europa: You think you’ve got treacherous landing zones? Hold my beer
To celebrate NASA’s 60th birthday, 21 vintage photos from space
Evidence of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa could be just inches below the surface
Jupiter has 10 newly-discovered moons, and one is a weirdo
Data from 1997 just gave us new insight into Europa—our best chance at finding alien life
What would happen if the moon suddenly disappeared?
These seafaring robots will search for life across the solar system
This is what some of the earliest stars in the universe might have looked like
The President’s plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions—here are the answers
This entourage of weirdos hangs out in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood
We could actually learn a lot by going back to the Moon
If an astronaut gets hurt on the moon, this is how we’ll rescue them
Eulogy for Cassini: A fond farewell to a faithful explorer.
Your best photos of the 2017 total solar eclipse
Come watch a live stream of today’s total solar eclipse
WATCH: The coincidental geometry of a total solar eclipse
Total eclipses aren’t that rare—and you’ve probably missed a bunch of them
There’s a lot of money up for grabs if you can land (softly) on the moon
Vinyl cyanide found on Titan—aliens, have at it
The moon might be hiding more water than we thought
One weird thing about eclipses you’ve probably never noticed
Moon Express ‘lunar outpost’ looks gorgeous, but don’t get too excited yet
52 of Cassini’s most beautiful postcards from the outer solar system