Astronauts on the moon could mine ice for drinking water or to make rocket fuel. A new study pinpoints a few cold, dark ...

New research shows that craters near the moon's south pole that have been in permanent shadow the longest are more likely to ...

Rather than arriving in a single ancient event, ice on the Moon appears to have accumulated slowly over billions of years.

Scientists find that water on the moon likely built up gradually over billions of years, collecting as ice in permanently ...

A new study finds ice at the moon’s poles built up over at least 1.5 billion years, offering clues for lunar water exploration.

Scientists have long suspected that water exists on the moon, but exactly how it got there—and where it is most ...

There may be more water on the moon than previously believed, and it could be used as a resource during upcoming missions -- like NASA's return of humans to the lunar surface through the Artemis ...

When Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth after accomplishing history’s first-ever crewed moon landing, they brought back nearly 50 pounds of moon dust and rocks. Researchers who initially analyzed ...

Forty light-years away, seven Earth-sized planets orbit around a dim red dwarf star in one of the most tightly packed planetary systems ever discovered. The TRAPPIST-1 system has captivated ...

Europe's JUICE spacecraft is all ready to embark on an eight-year odyssey through the Solar System to find out whether the oceans hidden under the surface of Jupiter's icy moons have the potential to ...

Water likely accumulated on the moon slowly over billions of years, rather than during one big event, according to a new study by an international team of scientists. The researchers, including Paul ...