Firefly Aerospace is primed for a lunar landing attempt on Sunday (March 2) following a series of successful maneuvers in lunar orbit. The company's Blue Ghost lander entered lunar orbit on Feb. 13, ...

Still from the video of Blue Ghost's lunar landing. Firefly Aerospace This weekend Firefly Aerospace made history with the first fully successful moon landing by a private company, and now you can ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander continues to deliver stunning results from the surface of the moon. Blue Ghost aced its lunar landing attempt on March 2, touching down near Mons Latreille, a solitary ...

The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on the lunar surface, Blue Ghost watched a beautiful sunset, capturing the glow of ...

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The moon, our closest celestial neighbor, has long been a source of fascination and mystery. Despite numerous missions and studies, there are still aspects of the moon that baffle scientists. Here are ...

A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar surface. But the real treat was the footage beamed back to mission control ...

Astronomers can sometimes capture meteors striking the surface of the moon with relatively small telescopes on Earth. Credit: Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty Images A space rock slammed into the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A robotic emissary looked out across the gray, pockmarked surface of ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why lunar rocks show signs of strong magnetism when the moon itself has no global magnetic field today. New simulations suggest the answer may lie in a ...

The study of our Moon has experienced a renaissance in recent years, particularly through ongoing and planned sample return missions, which allow us to study lunar rock samples at unprecedented detail ...