Apollo 8 pilot Bill Anders took this iconic photo of Earth from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. Earth’s continents—unique in the solar system—are visible, rising above the ocean.

Simply look to the western sky after sunset. The delicate form of the crescent moon is set to draw close to the planet ...

Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be needed to verify their findings ...

The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the ... aware of the moon, as the spacecraft moved into the shadowed region where neither sunlight nor reflected light from Earth was visible ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

BEIJING--China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with ... geographic differences on the moon’s two sides. The near side is what is seen from Earth, and the far side faces ...