The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...

The Athena lunar mission is set to deploy the 'Gracie' hopper to explore shadowed craters near the Moon's south pole.

In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...

A vast impact crater near the moon’s south pole was formed by an asteroid moving at more than a kilometre a second, releasing energy when it struck equivalent to 130 times that of all the ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

Even though these particular lunar craters aren't visible from your backyard, Kring says there are similar, but smaller canyons on the near side of the moon that's visible in the night sky.

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

across slammed into the far side of the moon at a speed of about 1 mile per second. As it impacted at what is now known as the Schrödinger basin crater, ejecta was shot out like missiles and in ...

Nestled in the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal wonderland, Craters of the Moon Taupō invites visitors to embark on a journey through one of the region’s most mesmerizing landscapes.

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts.

Take a road trip through Nevada to this moon-like crater used by NASA astronauts as a training ground to prepare them for the lunar landscape.