The Moon has been bombarded by asteroids and comets throughout time which leave behind craters with the larger ones known as basins.

Giant crater on dark side of the moon aged for first time

The asteroid, called 2024 PT5, is set to be pulled into Earth's orbit on Sunday September 29 and will stay for around two months.

Earth set to gain an extra 'mini moon' in its orbit

A blue supermoon should appear bigger and around 30% brighter than your average moon because of its closer proximity to Earth. 

What is the blue supermoon and where can you see it tonight?

The cave is just 250 miles from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in Apollo 11, 55 years ago

Underground cave discovered on the Moon ‘could be future human base’

As part of the programme, Nasa had planned to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon in 2025.

More delays for Nasa's Artemis Moon missions

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Astrobiotic is rivalling Elon Musk's SpaceX to successfully land the first US spacecraft on the Moon.

Peregrine: Private US moon mission suffers 'critical loss of propellant'

Split image. Left image: The Vulcan rocket launching off from Florida. Right image: A painting of former US president George Washington.

The spacecraft bound for the Moon and is carrying a number of eye-catching payloads, including the DNA hair samples of three former US presidents.

Presidential DNA and NASA equipment: What's onboard the Vulcan Moon rocket?

Dr Simeon Barber who developed the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer.
Credit: OU/PA

The Milton Keynes-based institution is sending a device to study water on the lunar surface as part of the Peregrine Mission One launch.

One small step for OU as it takes part in world's first private moon mission 

Dr Jenni Gibbons praised Cambridge for helping with her space career.

Professor to take part in record-setting NASA mission to the moon

The phenomenon is caused by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.

Social media users share delight after capturing ‘halo’ around moon

Did you notice it? The moon on Friday night was particularly stunning 

Why was last night's moon so huge? People snap must-see photos

The first images ever captured of the moon's south pole have been shared after India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made history on Wednesday.

First images of moon's south pole after India's historic lunar landing

Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, becoming the fourth country to touch down on the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India hopes to study ice-water on the south pool of the moon. 

India makes historic moon landing as Chandrayaan-3 touches down

If you caught glimpse of it you will know it was a stunning sight on a Saturday night, like the photo above captured by Oliver Powell in Newhaven, East Sussex.

Did you spot the Strawberry Moon and why is it significant? 

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, with the team including one woman and three men.

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