In October 2015, a spectacular rockfall occurred in the Swiss Alps: in the late morning hours, a large, snow-covered block with a volume of more than 1500 cubic meters suddenly detached from the ...

Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the Moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history ...

The moon hasn't had a magnetic field for 4.36 billion years. That means it could hold fragments of the ancient Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

"The moon is sort of like Earth's attic in terms of preserving the impact records; it's the only place where we can get Earth's baby photos." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Top: Black and white image of the Moon from Moon Mineralogy Mapper data. Bottom: Map of water on the Moon. Credit: NASA/ISRO/M3 Team/PSI/R. Clark A new analysis of maps of the near and far sides of ...

R spacecraft snapped an extraordinary image of Earth, offering a rare and breathtaking view of our planet during a total ...

The latest historic chapter in GNSS for space users was launched, as one would expect, at an Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ conference — the one in Miami in 2019 — by a handful of technical and ...

Stargazers are in for a celestial spectacle this week with the year's largest supermoon, known as the Hunter's Moon, appearing in the night sky. This marks the third in a sequence of four consecutive ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant ...