A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret. In specks ...

It’s the most studied object in the sky — and it’s still full of secrets. From strange metal structures under the surface to ...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists said they have found evidence of water in the atmosphere of Jupiter's icy moon "Europa." NASA said its Hubble space telescope observed the presence of persistent water vapor ...

Two mysterious, translucent glass balls have been found on the far side of the moon and scientists think they know how they got there. China's Yutu-2 rover sent back images of the objects. Glass is ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece ...

(CNN) — Astronomers using the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a previously unknown moon whirling around Uranus, according to NASA. The discovery boosts the number of moons ...

The evidence that an ocean-covered moon orbiting around Saturn could support life just got a little stronger. Enceladus, a small moon harboring a vast ocean beneath its icy surface, has long been ...

Look to the western sky in the hours preceding dawn on Nov. 6 to see the moon shine close to the constellation Taurus and the stars of the Pleiades open cluster. The 94%-lit moon will appear roughly ...