Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

Elon Musk wants to build a "self-growing city" on the moon. It comes a year after he said "the moon is a distraction." Musk has said he wants to bring humans to both the moon and Mars. He also ...

Elon Musk revealed that his rocket-launch firm SpaceX is now focused on building a “self-growing city” of humans on the moon – backing away from his plans to launch a civilization on Mars. The world’s ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said. By Becky Ferreira Becky ...

Elon Musk said SpaceX has shifted its near-term priority to building a "self-growing city" on the Moon, arguing the project could be completed in less than a decade and ahead of any comparable ...

Are you ready for a bona fide moon shot? The upcoming Artemis II mission is one of the most exciting space excursions in recent memory. It'll be the first time humans have flown to the moon since ...

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat to a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. In a statement on X on Sunday, the ...

SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, founder Elon Musk said Sunday. The South Africa-born ...

A total lunar eclipse is happening overnight. Like supermoons, they come in batches, and this is the final eclipse in a trio that started in 2025. If you miss this one, you won't get another ...

An illustration of a SpaceX "BFR" spaceship, a precursor to Starship, at a notional future lunar base from a 2017 speech by Elon Musk Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A little more than a year after ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are on the verge of returning to the moon. The Artemis II mission is preparing to launch as soon as March 6 to bring four astronauts in a loop around ...

China’s space program, striving to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, carried out a test flight of a new reusable booster and crew capsule late Tuesday (US time), and the results were spectacular.