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Look: Mysterious Glass Beads Found On the Moon Contain Hidden Clues About Its Past

Just three little spheres of glass contain evidence that the Moon was volcanically active as recently as 120 million years ago.

By Kiona Smith
Science

An Ancient Magma Ocean Once Covered the Moon, India’s Pragyan Lunar Rover Reveals

The Moon was probably once a gooey ball.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Hidden Passageways Under the Moon’s Surface

This is the best evidence to date of natural tunnels occurring on the Moon.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Reel Science

Note To Hollywood: Nobody Faked The Moon Landing

Is the new rom-com Fly Me To The Moon good fun or a new path to damaging conspiracy theories?

By Ryan Britt
Science

An Astrophysicist Reveals A Major Problem We’ll Encounter If Humans Colonize the Moon

For decades, astronomers had ignored the Moon as a potential site for telescopes because it was simply infeasible to build them there.

By Martin Elvis and The Conversation
Space

China's Chang'e-6 Successfully Landed on the Moon’s Elusive Dark Side — Here’s What’s Next

Chang’e-6’s clock starts now.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

China Just Launched its Chang'e-6 Mission To Grab Samples From the Elusive Far Side of the Moon

Liftoff for the Moon’s newest robotic visitor.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

Is the Moon More Important Than the Sun? A New Book Exposes Our Satellite’s Forgotten Power

In “Our Moon,” Rebecca Boyle reintroduces us to the Moon’s power.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Inside the Outlandish Space Project to Construct a Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon

Space agencies around the world are focused on the south pole of the Moon, but these astronomers have set their eyes on the far side.

By Kiona Smith
Space

Who Owns the Moon? The Race For Lunar Real Estate Is An Impending Ethical Nightmare

More missions to the Moon mean more chances for values, cultures, and priorities to collide.

By Kiona Smith
Science

This Hardy Creature Can Survive Almost Anything — Could It Colonize the Moon?

What happened to the tardigrades that were traveling on the probe? Could they have contaminated the Moon?

By The Conversation and Laurent Palka
Opinion

We Need to Get Back to the Moon

And we’re trying. But, as astronomer Phil Plait worries, we might not be doing it right.

By Phil Plait
FEATURE

53 years ago, NASA convinced America to go to the Moon — can they do it again?

“$12 a day to feed an astronaut. We could feed a starving child for $8.”

By Passant Rabie
Science

50 years ago, one speech revolutionized the Space Age and took us to the Moon

President John F. Kennedy's words are emblazoned throughout history.

By Allie Hutchison
The Moon

You can thank the Moon for life on Earth

By JoAnna Wendel
Artemis

Look: NASA’s SLS mega-rocket is one step closer to the Moon

By Robin Bea
bounce house

NASA Artemis Base Camp: 6 images of life on the Moon

By Passant Rabie
Bon Voyage

Look: Virtual tour of NASA’s Orion spacecraft in 10 images

Watch engineers prepare the ship for its maiden voyage in November 2021.

By Jennifer Walter
Never a dull day

Ancient volcanoes and more: What the Chang-E mission revealed about the Moon

New samples are helping piece together Moon's past.

By Jennifer Walter
keeping up with the kosmos

The Moon is the Rihanna of celestial objects. Here's why.

Stay up to date with the latest cosmic gossip from across the universe.

By Passant Rabie
lights on

Behold! NASA teases how astronauts will explore Moon’s darkest regions

Are you afraid of the dark?

By Claire Cameron
space

The Moon May Soon Have Its Own Time Zone

What time is it? It’s Moon Time.

By Kiona Smith
Science

Archaic technology could one day help astronauts navigate the Moon

Alvin Yew created an AI-driven local map service that uses local landmarks for navigation.

By Universe Today and CAROLYN COLLINS PETERSEN
Science

The Moon’s surface could provide oxygen for 8 billion people

The Moon rocks.

By John Grant
Goodnight Moon

Here’s what would actually happen if we changed the Moon’s orbit

A congressman asked and we answered.

By John Wenz
Science

Exo-Titans: why the moons of rogue planets could surprise us with alien life

The search for life on exoplanets takes a fairly conservative approach. It focuses on life that is similar to that of Earth.

By Brian Koberlein
Science

Mars and the Moon have the perfect ingredient to build future cities

Turns out regolith on both can be made into some primo cement.

By Andy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Science

The Moon Has a Hidden Resource That Could Sustain Billions of Humans for 100,000 Years

The Moon only has a wisp of an atmosphere — but enough oxygen in the soil to make an artificial one.

By John Grant and The Conversation
Innovation

Why SpaceX crashing into the Moon could actually be good for science

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket back in 2015, and its second stage is on course to hit the Moon.

By Mike Brown
Science

SpaceX Moonshot: How to win a seat on Yusaku Maezawa's trip to the Moon

This Japanese billionaire is ready to be the Willy Wonka of the Moon.

By John Wenz