Most know that a leap year occurs every four years. But here's a little history about the curiously inconsistent day of February 29th.
Astronomers observed a record-breaking lunar impact on Sept. 11, 2013.
Valentine's Day 2014 will feature a full moon, known as the "Snow Moon."
And no, it isn’t the Super Bowl. It’s not even in the U.S.
A lunar transit that took place Jan. 30 was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Despite its proximity, the latest supermoon may not be visible to everyone.
The source of water on the Moon has long eluded scientists, but new research into the ability of interplanetary dust to form water suggests the Moon’s water may have come from outer space.
Here's one way to get your son's attention.
Known as the "mini moon," the smallest full moon of the year will occur on Jan. 15.
It involves a journey to the final frontier.
Apollo 8 spent Christmas orbiting the moon, and NASA is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a simulation of the historic Earthrise photo.
Yutu and the lander photographed each other on the moon's surface and sent live images to China’s space mission on Earth.
Chang'e 3 is the first spacecraft to land on the moon in 37 years.
As China focuses more attention on its scientific programs, one fantastic project has caught the eye of government funding.
To assemble the video, the spacecraft had to capture each frame at the exact moment the camera was facing Earth.
A massive impact about 4 billion years ago left a 2,500-mile crater, which is among the largest known craters in the solar system.
California-based Moon Express plans to send a spacecraft to the moon by 2015 and snag the Google Lunar X Challenge grand prize of $20 million.
Small villages near China's Chang'e-3 rocket launch site have reportedly been hit by pieces of metal from the rocket.
If successful, China will become only the third nation to send a rover to the moon's surface.
This will be the first life sciences experiment on another world and the first step in the use of plants for human life support.
China is set to achieve a major headway in its ambitious space program with the launch of Yutu moon rover, on Monday.
A Japanese construction company has proposed a “lunar solar power generation concept” for inexhaustible, clean energy.