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.

Interestingly, the Moon may soon become home to a cutting-edge data center – thanks to a Florida-based startup Lonestar Data Holdings. Reuters reported that the Lonestar is planning to place the ...

The moon is an integral part of the sky above us. Over time, each month’s full moon has acquired a unique name of its own: ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, a lunar lander carrying 10 NASA instruments, successfully executed its first main engine burn as part of its 45-day journey to the Moon. Firefly’s Blue Ghost ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...

To be fair, that's nothing to sneer at. Chemical engines put the first satellite into space, the first man on the Moon, and have sent the first deep space probes hurtling out of our solar system.

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

If all goes well, it will arrive at the moon as early as the end of May and then attempt to land on the moon, which would be a first for a Japanese private sector enterprise. The company first tried ...

spearheading the administration’s push to establish the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces and putting NASA on an ambitious path to return Americans to the moon.

After India successfully landed Chandrayaan-3, its third lunar mission near the South Pole of the Moon in August 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this week successfully completed ...

The Moon has made it onto the 2025 Watch list due to the increasing pace of lunar activities in the new Space Age, according to a statement from the organisation. "The Moon is included on the ...