It's a twofold milestone: the first landing near the south pole and the first lunar touchdown for India. India is now the fourth nation to land on the moon, following the U.S., Russia/Soviet Union ...

In recent years, scientists have focused on the potential of the lunar south pole as a vast source of water ice. Now, new observations from China’s Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical ...

Several lunar rovers are also riding along with the Athena spacecraft, including a suitcase-sized vehicle designed to roam around the landing site and snap 3D images of the moon's south polar terrain.

NASA and those companies will need to work fast, though. Once the sun sets on the lunar south pole and frigid temperatures take hold, it won't be long until Athena is rendered inoperable.

Once the sun sets on the lunar south pole and frigid temperatures take hold, ... The observations will contribute to producing the best-yet maps of water on the lunar surface, according to NASA.

The incoming space rock passed over the lunar south pole before hitting, creating a huge basin and sending streams of boulders hurtling at a speed of nearly 1 mile a second (1 kilometer a second).

And in 2027, IM-4 will deliver a European surface drill and other payloads to the Moon’s south pole. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect IM-2’s new landing site at Mons Mouton.

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land ...

U.S. and British scientists used photos and data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the area and calculate the path of debris that produced these canyons about 3.8 billion years ago.

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land ...