We've even been asked if you could run solar cells during the long lunar night on reflected earthlight, so we decided to ...

But because the moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to Earth's orbit around the sun, it doesn't block out the sun on every orbit, hence why not every new moon results in a solar eclipse ...

Also, see the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter view of the lander from moon orbit. Credit ... a hidden source of clean energy could power Earth for 170,000 years — and they've figured ...

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth ... the sun. You may like China uses 'gravity slingshot' to rescue pair of wayward moon satellites ...

But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a rocket malfunction. Much of the spacecraft came tumbling back to Earth within a decade of the failed launch. No longer ...

They are the first moon rocks brought to Earth since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976. The first samples of moon dust brought back to Earth for more than 50 years are in the UK - being studied ...

The year’s first moon landing was ... trip before entering lunar orbit. Using gravity assists instead of fuel, its path saw it travel more than 680,000 miles from Earth before venturing back ...

The first samples of moon dust brought back to Earth for more than 50 years are in the UK - being studied by scientists in Milton Keynes. "It really humbles me to think that I am one of the seven ...

But this mission failed - and the probe has been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since ... news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online Thesun.co.uk is your go-to destination for ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to ... morning its Resilience lander entered lunar orbit.

Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, was meant to explore Venus, but a malfunction left it stuck in Earth’s orbit for 53 years, making it an accidental satellite. Now, it’s finally expected to ...