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Elon Musk isn't the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He's following in the footsteps of space ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among ...

Longtime readers may remember a proposal to recreate the experience of standing on the the Moon inside a giant spherical ...

Low, winding ridges run across the Moon’s dark plains like faint seams in cooled wax. They are easy to miss in a wide photo. Up close, they look like the surface has been gently pushed from below. A ...

Worm Moon 2026 will light up the night sky alongside a rare total lunar eclipse, creating a stunning Blood Moon. Here’s the peak timing, best viewing window and regions where it will be visible.

New observations of the Moon have now found small mare ridges (SMRs), faults located in the lunar maria, the dark basalt plains of the Moon. These are what we normally call seas, such as the Sea of ...

A look at the debate over building a city on the Moon or Mars, covering scientific findings, mission timelines and challenges discussed on the Fiction Science podcast.

Smithsonian scientists have mapped thousands of young ridges across the lunar maria, which are large, basaltic plains on the ...

The solar eclipse is one of the most amazing astronomical events that draws astronomers and sky viewers alike. Because they ...

For a long time, people imagined the moon as a quiet, frozen world where nothing much happens anymore. But new research shows ...

Spend a day with me at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s Space Coast, as I meet a former NASA astronaut and ...