On 25 June, Li Chunlai watched eagerly as a capsule carrying the first pieces of the far side of the Moon landed on Earth.

If you've ever taken a few minutes out of your day to look at old footage and photographs of astronauts bouncing around on ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth ...

Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but lack telltale heat-generating elements.

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Earth's second moon is leaving just before the holidays ... may have originated from the moon—just a brief look at the vast number of craters on the moon helps us to imagine how that might ...

Goodbye to Earth’s ‘second moon’: A phenomenon that will not be observed until 2055 Asteroid 2023 NT1 ... The Earth’s temporary satellites, though short term, underscore the dynamic character of the ...