In 1958, NASA launched Able 2, later known as Pioneer 1, on a mission to study the Moon. The spacecraft failed to reach lunar orbit after a...

In 1964, NASA researchers made history by tracking a satellite for the first time using a laser beam. Leveraging spare radar components and...

India's space program began with a small rocket range in 1962. It progressed to launching its first satellite and developing indigenous lau...

Varalakshmi Vratam 2026 date has sparked a date confusiuon, with some Panchangs observing the festival on August 21 and others on August 28...

Japan's MMX mission will blast off soon to collect Martian moon samples. The spacecraft will orbit Mars for three years and land on Phobos....

During the Apollo missions, NASA cleverly detonated explosives on the Moon to investigate its seismic activity and inner structure. Seismom...

A 4,000-kg SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the moon near crater Einstein after drifting through space since a January 2025 lunar ...

Moon moving farther from Earth: The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.83 centimetres per year, a change confirmed throug...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to the asteroid's s...

Indian scientists have found strong evidence of subsurface ice near the Moon's south pole. Data from Chandrayaan-2's radar instrument revea...

Astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. It crosses Earth's orbit. Observations show a slightly increased chance of a lunar impact in 2032...

Moon Temperature: Indian researchers have discovered a link between the global Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 and a decrease in the Moon's nigh...

Earlier this week, ISRO opened up its scientific discussions on Lunar Science to "the people of the country, to engage the Indian academia,...

Chandrayaan-2 will circle and study the Moon remotely for a year, safely from the lunar orbit.

"The orbiter is healthy, intact, functioning normally and safely in the Lunar orbit," the official told PTI.

With enough ice sitting at the surface -- within the top few millimetres -- water would possibly be accessible as a resource for future exp...

These findings will help scientists to understand the terrain, geological structure, material composition and soil formation of the Moon.