Apollo moon rocks may have finally solved an old lunar mystery

A new analysis of Apollo moon samples reveals insight into the history of the lunar magnetic field.

What’s the point of a space station around the moon?

Is an orbiting space station necessary to achieve lunar objectives, including scientific ones?

AI helps find new clues in the 60-year search for Luna 9, the 1st successful moon lander

Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.

Elon Musk wants to put a satellite catapult on the moon. It’s not a new idea

Elon Musk isn’t the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He’s following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O’Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974.

Chinese astronauts filmmusic video in space to celebrate Lunar New Year 2026

China’s Shenzhou 21 crew rang in the Year of the Horse with an impressive celebration aboard the nation’s Tiangong Space Station that included filming a music video.

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha.

“I really want to see a mass driver on the moon that is shooting AI satellites into deep space.”

China aces test of next-gen lunar capsule and rocket in effort to land humans on moon before NASA (video)

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.

A city on the moon: Why SpaceX shifted its focus away from Mars

Just 13 months after declaring the moon “a distraction,” Elon Musk has announced that Earth’s nearest neighbor is now the focus of SpaceX’s settlement plans. What changed?

Moon landings could contaminate evidence about life’s beginnings on Earth. Here’s how

Exhaust from lunar landers drifts across the moon and contaminates ultra-cold polar craters that are rich in ancient ice and organic clues, a new study reports.

A colossal asteroid may have warped the moon from the inside out

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.