We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!

2019 will be a big year for the moon! Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, but our closest neighbor is receiving a bunch of new visitors this year.

Before we could set foot on the moon, the Surveyor missions were sent to give future astronauts some sure footing.

The Apollo 11 mission had many opportunities for things to go awry, and they almost did! Find out how a felt-tipped pen may have saved the lives of the first astronauts on the moon, and more!

Our moon has no atmosphere, but sometimes it has visible bands of light streaking across its sky, and scientists suspect that electrostatic forces could explain this levitating dust!

SciShow Space celebrates the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing by highlighting just four of the most important things we learned from the Apollo 11 mission.

Get your gasmasks ready because we're taking a trip to Titan! Reid Reimers tells us all about the mysterious moon.

The ingenious system to measure the distance to the Moon involving Apollo astronauts, lasers and a unique mirror system planted on the lunar surface. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts left an...

The extraordinary story of Apollo 11's lunar landing. What they found on the Moon and how they made it back to Earth. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on 20th July, 1969. The Apollo 11 astronauts...

The dark side of the Moon remained a mystery until space travel allowed for circumnavigation. What did the astronauts find? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. The Moon orbits around the Earth and spins on its axis. These...

The challenges overcome by scientists to put man on the Moon, and the story of the extraordinary moments before "one giant leap". Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. In 1962, President John F Kennedy announced the US's...

In The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney is stranded alone on Mars and must be rescued. It is an exciting tale of what could happen once humans start traveling to the red planet. Let’s take a look back at the most epic space rescues in...

Jupiter's second Galilean Moon, Europa.

Space Facts II puts viewers on the forefront of space exploration, examining its role on Earth in fighting forest fires, controlling diseases (such as diabetes), combating air pollution and mapping solar and lunar cycles. This video...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon has some pretty unusual features!

NASA has announced plans to launch the Europa Clipper space mission to examine Jupiter’s icy moon Europa by 2025.

NASA has unveiled designs for a medium-sized lunar lander that would be able to carry payloads that weigh up to 300 kilograms to the moon’s polar regions. <br/>

Scientists are proposing that sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million of Earth’s species should be sent to a gene vault built on the moon as a “modern, global insurance policy”.

45 years ago, on December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts captured 'Earthrise' -- the first color photograph of Earth taken by a person in lunar orbit.



NASA announces a new simulation of the events leading to the...

During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is blocked by the Earth, LRO's Diviner instrument will take the temperature on the lunar surface. Since different rock sizes...

International Observe the Moon Night 2020 welcomed participants from all 7 continents, 103 countries, all 50 U. S. states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C. Hear from...

After an engine failure scuttled its launch in 2017, the moon-rock-grabbing mission is now set to launch this month

A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.

During the December 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is blocked by the Earth, LRO's Diviner instrument will take the temperature on the lunar surface. Since different rock...