The European Space Agency (ESA) is entering a bold new phase of lunar exploration, setting its sights on establishing a sustainable and independent European presence on the moon. Building upon decades ...

Impulse Space’s lunar transportation system concept uses the company’s Helios tug (left) with a new lunar lander the company will develop. Credit: Impulse Space WASHINGTON — In-space transportation ...

The moon is about to become the first extraterrestrial mining frontier, and most investors may be backing the wrong players. While venture capital pours into space startups promising to revolutionize ...

This quiz will test your lunar savvy — from iconic craters and mysterious maria to the legendary Apollo landing sites. For centuries, the moon has captivated our imagination, serving as a celestial ...

New research has identified 41 small-scale landslides on the lunar surface that formed since 2009, indicating the Moon is more geologically active than previously understood. Analysis of ...

The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasi-lunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid detected in August solely by its brightness, thanks to the Hawaiian Pan-STARRS 1 telescope ...

The moon's heavily cratered surface serves as a testament to how Earth's closest celestial neighbor has become a figurative magnet for space rocks during its 4.5 billion-year history. One of the best ...

NASA just handed Elon Musk a very public reality check—and virtually threw its own moon plans into the trashcan, although the U.S. space agency won’t be admitting that. SpaceX isn’t necessarily the ...

NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the moon. Speaking on Fox News, where the ...

NASA's Artemis campaign is the agency's ambitious campaign to return Americans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Starship, the approximately 400-foot megarocket that ...

With acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reopening the $4.4 billion lunar lander contract for Artemis III, SpaceX could be in jeopardy of losing out. Could Blue Origin sweep in and take it? Space ...

NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the Moon. Speaking on Fox News, where the ...