Where do you put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? The nuclear reactor will likely form the power supply for the initial ...

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

Recent discoveries by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have confirmed the presence of water molecules on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This groundbreaking finding has ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer sits in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado during testing in August 2024. The mission was to investigate the nature of the Moon’s water, but controllers lost ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED.

Here are 7 lesser-known interesting facts about the moon only true selenophiles know! Read lunar secrets in this must-read trivia for moon lovers worldwide.

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

The United States is racing to build nuclear power reactors for the Moon, with the first system planned for the end of the decade. This would keep astronauts alive through weeks-long lunar nights, ...

Saturn’s moon Titan may be more alive with possibilities than we thought. New NASA research suggests that in Titan’s freezing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is ...