Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action ... The explorer has also captured new images of the lunar surface and returned them to the mission team on Earth.

From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and ... with the spacecraft (nicknamed "Moon Sniper") landing approximately 10 meters ...

January’s full moon, the “Wolf Moon,” rose alongside Mars at its brightest, occulting it for a short period as seen from ...

Japan’s space agency released on Jan. 25 the first photo of its lunar probe making a successful moon landing ... JAXA also released photos of the rough lunar surface taken by the probe using ...

The expeditions are the latest in the commercial sector’s lunar contest after India in August 2023 became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole.