China’s latest lunar mission has quietly redrawn the map of space power. By bringing home the first rocks ever collected from ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission just nailed a landing on the far side of the Moon, turning a once purely theoretical goal into a ...

Today’s new moon sets up a rare ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse, Chinese New Year and Ramadan — all aligning on Feb. 17, ...

Feb. 17’s new moon eclipses the sun and begins Lunar New Year, with Ramadan beginning the following day. Both are lunar ...

Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in China released LTE440, short for Lunar Time Ephemeris, in a recently ...

Scientists spot something on Moon’s far side that’s not thought to be naturally occurring - Findings indicate Moon has ...

If the Chinese have figured out a highly accurate system, the mathematics involved are valid regardless of who writes the ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

"Recent studies suggest that the lunar farside experienced a magma ocean evolution similar to that of the nearside," the team ...

While the US is attempting to come up with CLT, researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing and the ...

On the other were two more figures in space suits, with the tiniest Stars and Stripes planted in the lunar soil. Cruz ...

A world-first launch from the far side of the moon this week showcased China's progress in space, and Beijing now wants its commercial sector to catch up to rivals such as Elon Musk's SpaceX. A ...