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NASA shows how the next moon lander would look like

The US space agency hopes to go back to the moon by 2024

50 years ago, Apollo 12 made history with US second moon landing

One of NASA's most forgotten missions to the moon, but also one of the funniest

Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals

This study rocks.

Saturn is now the planet with the most moons

If having most moons was a race, Saturn just took an unexpected lead.

China's lunar rover finds strange substance on the moon

Mission scientists said it is "gel-like" and has an "unusual color."

NASA mission to the moon Europa gets the green light

NASA approved early-stage plans for the mission.

The moon is actually brighter than the sun -- in gamma rays

The findings raise serious health concerns when it comes to putting astronauts on the moon.

The moon could have more water than initially thought, study suggests

This is good news.

NASA capsule meant to take astronauts back to the moon is now complete

Finally, the Orion capsule is now complete and ready for tests involving humans slated in 2023.

Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon's South Pole could be a massive metal deposit

It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.

Solar wind plus moon soil plus meteorite impacts create water on the Moon, researchers report

Can't the Moon just go to the tap like the rest of us?

NASA requests $1 billion in funding for Artemis mission to take man back to the moon by 2024

The original timeline was pushed forward four years by the Trump Administration -- and now NASA needs the bucks to make it happen.

Shrinking moon is quaking, revealing it may be tectonically active

The moon may be tectonically active, according to groundbreaking new research.

Astronomers record first lunar eclipse meteoroid impact

During a blood moon, a brief flash of light caught astronomers' attention.

Ocean of magma blasted into space may explain how the moon formed

Finally, a theory that explains how the moon formed that isn't too over the top.

Chinese Moon Station planned for 'in about ten years'

"Hey, I can see my house from here!"

Chinese lunar rover shows dark side of the Moon like you've never seen it before

Take a walk on the dark side -- of the moon.

Meteorite impacts are squeezing water from the moon

The moon has a hydrological cycle, but it looks nothing like the one on Earth.

Toyota partners with Japanese space agency on new moon rover design

After having conquered the automobile on Earth, Toyota has decided to try their luck off the planet.

The Race to the Moon Starts in the Classroom

Want to explore the solar system, and beyond? Start with education.

Future Moon colonists could produce water from regolith and sunlight

Drink up!

The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water

Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.

Mars-sized planetary impact may have seeded ingredients for life on Earth

New insights into how life appeared on Earth -- but also possibly on other planets.

China launches new rover aimed for the dark side of the moon

The natural satellite, not the 1973 album by Pink Floyd. Sadly.

What causes Blood Moons? The same thing that makes skies blue

Spooky!

Earth has two additional 'moons' entirely made of dust

The huge clouds of dust closely orbiting Earth could affect the safety of future space explorations.

Lockheed Martin unveils lunar lander concept meant send astronauts to the moon

The huge lander is supposed to ferry humans between an orbiting space station and the lunar surface.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first Moon tourist -- and he's bringing artists along

Very Renaissance-y, I love it!

SpaceX will send its first passenger around the moon aboard a Big Freaking Rocket

It's been almost 50 years since a human has come this close to the moon.

Unique swirl patterns point to the Moon's magnetic past

Nice swirls!

NASA finds ice on the Moon -- raising prospects of a lunar colony

Finally, something to put in my lunar glass of whisky.

Earth may have 'mini-moons' that could answer some interesting astronomy

The moon is Earth's only permanent natural satellite, but it may be in the company of tiny asteroids trapped in the planet's orbit.

The moon may have been habitable during its early history -- twice

The moon might have once had pools of water on its surface and even a thick atmosphere.

NASA reveals new, crystal-clear images of Saturn's moon Titan

Looking sharp, Titan!

Twelve new moons discovered around Jupiter, pointing to a violent past

Jupiter can boast the most moons in the Solar System.

The moon is moving away from Earth and this is making days longer

Early Earth had 5-hour days.

China launches satellite, prepares for unprecedented landing on Dark Side of the Moon

"Come to the dark side" the Moon, presumably, told China. China decided to go.

Saturn's tiny moons? It's all ravioli and collisions

A story of "crash boom bang" around Saturn, with a pasta topping.

Mock lunar dust kills cultured cells, alters DNA -- raising concerns about the real thing's toxicity

Dust 2.no.

China will grow flowers, potatoes, and silkworm on the dark side of the Moon

A Chinese garden on the Moon -- it almost sounds too crazy to be true.

NASA's stunning, 4K 'Tour of the Moon' is just as good as visiting the place -- if not better

Eye candy galore.

AI spots thousands of craters on the Moon -- including over 6,000 previously undiscovered ones

The AIs are getting better and better.

The moon may have formed from a giant spinning donut of vaporized rock

Homer Simpson is drooling over this story.

NASA could have an orbiting moon base by 2023

It's like an ISS, but for the Moon!

Earthquakes aren't affected by moon phases nor by time of year, new study demonstrates

It's finally time to put this myth to rest.

China will grow potatoes on the dark side of the moon by the end of the year

A trifecta consisting of a lunar probe, lander, and rover will be deployed for this purpose.

How far is the Moon? Visualizing the distance

It's not exactly accurate, but it's a dazzling display.

The moon once had an atmosphere seeded by volcanic eruptions

It must have looked like a weird sight from Earth's vantage point.

Designer Oscar Lhermitte brings the moon to your fingertips

You can't get any more lunar than this without leaving the planet.

The first water map on the moon shines hope for human colony

There's less water than in Earth's driest deserts. But that's still a lot more than we used to hope.