The Moon’s far side near its southern pole is a dead, dim place littered with pits and rocks, as the first panoramic…
I read the phrase “super blood wolf moon” for the first time today and wish I’d never logged on.
NASA announced the names of companies who’d be able to bid on contracts for lunar exploration projects as part of its…
Mars is lacking in the vast supply of natural resources we’ve come to rely on here on Earth, and astronauts attempting…
Ursula K. Le Guin’s sci-fi novelette Nine Lives is becoming a movie, and it’s found its stars. Common (Smallfoot, Suicid…
A ghostly dust satellite or two might be orbiting the Earth, according to new research building on a 60-year-old idea.
For a movie about going to the moon, First Man sure is grounded. That’s a good thing though, mostly, as the film…
A team of researchers has spotted the signature of water ice in permanently cold traps near the Moon’s poles, a new…
The 21st century’s longest lunar eclipse has passed, eclipse doomsday fever has subsided, and all that’s left are the…
The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century will start today at 3:30 p.m. and last until 5:15 p.m. EST (12:30 p.m. to…
The Moon today is not habitable. It’s covered in potentially killer dust and seemingly dry as a bone. But though it…
The Moon is incredible, and you should look at it. Our view of it is always in flux, but sometimes, the Moon’s visage…
Alan Bean, the fourth of just 12 people to walk on the moon and one of the first Americans to spend an extended period…
China’s mission to explore the Moon’s far side is set to launch in part on Monday (Sunday in the US). As the Guardian re…
This weekend I got to experience the dark skies over a nameless lake somewhere between Grand Forks, North Dakota and…
Astronauts hoping stay on the moon for long-term missions have another reason to worry about moon dust: It could be…
Stanley Kubrick’s influential classic 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 50 this week. One of its most enduring qualities is…
Remember when we told you to look at the Moon? Some folks really looked, and they were blown away. Rightfully so.
It’s inevitable that one day humanity is going to need to live somewhere other than Earth, and our first step towards…
At my last job, we used to talk about how the only way to avoid disappointment was by setting clear expectations. In…
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