Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges on SpaceX’s Starship.

NASA's Artemis II crew will be heading to the moon in the Orion spacecraft. It's been more than 50 years since astronauts last went to the moon, and yet few NASA missions stir the kind of excitement ...

NASA’s Artemis program is taking giant leaps toward humanity’s return to the Moon, a mission that will stretch the boundaries ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...

The moon is getting extra close to Earth, and this stargazing hack will make it look especially big and bright ...

NASA’s “What’s Up” guide for October 2025 outlines the month’s best celestial events, including Moon–planet pairings, meteor showers, and stargazing tips for observers worldwide.

We may have been wrong about how the Moon's largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago ...

The Harvest moon is an extra special sight thanks to the moon being closest to Earth. When is the next supermoon?

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

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