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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four small space companies plan to send rocket ships to the moon this year -- and two of them are already on their way. Intuitive Machines hopes to repeat its successful 2024 moon landing in 2025.

More of a standing on the space porch and gawking at Earth, but it still counts. Meanwhile, on the Moon, some firsts were being clocked up in 2024. In January, the US commercial Peregrine mission ...

Moon has been added to the list by World Monuments Fund. Moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites as the space race risks jeopardising Earth's only natural satellite. World ...

The Moon has been placed on World Monuments Fund's watch list of threatened cultural sites for the first time. The organisation said an increase in tourism and Moon exploration could damage the ...

The race to return to the Moon and push beyond has entered a new, more intense phase. While Elon Musk and NASA have been arguing over whether to go to the Moon or Mars, China's recently published ...

The researchers analysed oxygen isotopes from 14 samples from the Moon and carried out 191 measurements on minerals from Earth. Isotopes are varieties of the same element that differ only in the ...

The company had one of the biggest headlines in February 2024 as Intuitive Machines had the first private spacecraft land on the moon and the first U.S. soft landing on the surface since 1972.