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The moon is getting its own time zone, White House memo to NASA revealsThe moon's lower gravity means that time runs slower on its surface. With more moon missions planned, NASA has now been tasked by the White House to create a lunar time zone by 2026.
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SpaceX's incredibly powerful Starship lost in the Indian Ocean after reaching orbit for 1st timeSpaceX's powerful Starship system spent roughly an hour in orbit performing test maneuvers for the first time ever. But two simultaneous communications errors means the rocket won't be recoverable.
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'Everything has changed since Apollo': Why landing on the moon is still incredibly difficult in 2024More than 50 years after the Apollo era, major governments and well-funded private companies still struggle with lunar landing missions. Why is landing on the moon so hard in 2024?
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The moon is shrinking, causing landslides and moonquakes exactly where NASA wants to build its 1st lunar colonyThe moon has been slowly shrinking for millions of years. Now, as Artemis 3 nears its 2026 launch date, geologists worry about whether moonquakes and lunar landslides will impact landing.
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2,700-year-old temple with altar overflowing with jewel-studded offerings unearthed on Greek islandThe temple sits adjacent to a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis.
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Humanity's future on the moon: Why Russia, India and other countries are racing to the lunar south poleHalf a century after the first humans landed on the moon, global interest is once again rising to visit our celestial neighbor. This time, nations have their sights set on the lunar south pole. Why?
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Life may already exist on the moon — and NASA's next mission could find itAstronauts on NASA's Artemis moon missions might look for signs of life in shadowed polar craters — life that could have traveled with people from Earth.
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Scientists blasted Barbies with liquid nitrogen to test a new method of moon dust cleanup – and it worked extremely wellResearchers have developed a liquid-nitrogen spray that rids spacesuits of lunar dust.
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South Korea's lunar orbiter unveils jaw-dropping images of Earth and the moonThe Danuri spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit in Dec. 2022, and its first image dump is out of this world.
