Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

The Artemis II astronauts broke the record for the farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by humans on Monday, becoming the first to lay eyes on some parts of the far side of the moon. The ...

Moments after creating history for the farthest distance ever traveled by humans, NASA’s Artemis II crew shared a moving tribute that honored both the mission, as well as, a personal loss. The ...

Placing ultrastable lasers inside some of the coldest, darkest lunar craters could help scientists establish a GPS-like navigation system on the moon, allowing future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft ...

A crater that never sees sunlight might sound like the wrong place to build delicate scientific equipment. Jun Ye sees it ...

The Moon is constantly being bombarded by traveling space rocks, its surface recording each collision in the form of craters that never fade in the absence of wind or surface water. Most lunar craters ...

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