Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a ...

It may be part of the night sky we look up at each night, but the moon's origins remain a mystery that has left scientists ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...

Scientists from Pennsylvania State University have presented a new theory regarding the origin of the Moon. Their findings ...

The Canadian Space Agency announced a competition today to name Canada's first-ever rover mission to the moon. This unmanned mission will explore the south polar region of the moon to search for ...

A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...

Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...

Scientists from Penn State University have proposed a radical new theory for the Moon's origin which overturns the popular ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

The moon Triton tends to let off steam A photo montage of Neptune peeking behind its largest moon, Triton NASA / JPL Among Neptune’s 16 known moons, the largest, Triton, is an oddball.

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...