The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost captured some stunning sights on its way to the Moon's Mare Crisium basin.

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance in March to see the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years.

The Blue Ghost Lander built by Firefly Aerospace successfully entered the lunar orbit last week and has sent stunning first ...

The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

Lowly Earthlings are about to get their first chance this year of seeing a lunar eclipse – including in London. North, South America and Europe will all see the rare astronomical event which causes a ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The incoming blood moon, set to be a 'partial lunar eclipse', will be the first to grace Earth for more than a year.

Along with Blue Ghost, NASA launched the Tenacious lunar rover from Japanese company ispace. It's one of the smallest ...

Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...