For centuries, the moon has fascinated humanity, and its surface has been shrouded in mystery. Yet beneath the familiar face we see in the night sky lies an intriguing question: What secrets does the ...

Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the moon, during a Senate ...

A recent breakthrough in lunar exploration has revealed highly cohesive lunar soil at the Chang’e-6 landing site, offering new insights into the Moon’s surface. The findings, detailed in Nature ...

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander touched down on the moon Thursday after a historic, nail-biting descent following a last-minute navigation sensor malfunction, becoming the first U.S.-built ...

Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based space company carrying NASA instruments, will attempt to be the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon in January 2024. Credit: Astrobotic ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized. The ...

What just happened? For decades, scientists have puzzled over the origin of water on the Moon, a resource that could prove vital for future lunar exploration. Since the 1960s, a leading hypothesis has ...