Moon rocks have also made brief visits at the White House. During Trump's first term in office, a different Apollo 17 rock ...
Why being first to return to the moon matters.
Its key task would be to efficiently mine and transport lunar regolith – the loose rocky material covering the Moon's surface ...
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
A moon of Earth's own. While 2024 PT5 never officially joined Earth's orbit, the almost-moon still became a topic of interest ...
Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...
The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, a private spacecraft hired by NASA to take experiments to the moon, got a rare front-row seat of the spectacle in space. The phenomenon occurred when the blue ...
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...
Researchers found young ridges on the moon’s far side, proving it is still geologically active. The ridges formed in last 200 ...
Trump’s pledge to go to Mars without mentioning the moon has caused some head-scratching and even consternation in the media.
PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...