The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

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 ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for two separate companies looking to jumpstart business on the Moon. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s ...

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to ...

Not one but two private firms each launched spacecraft to the Moon today — a sign of companies’ growing interest in lunar exploration, a risky enterprise long dominated by government agencies.

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

The revenue from Brazil's orange juice exports rose 42.7% from July to December, to $1.88 billion, amid higher international prices, government data compiled by CitrusBR showed. Europe has kept ...

Listen to Story The moon will be just hours past its full phase Mars will shine at its brightest for the year Mars is currently positioned opposite the sun A rare celestial event will captivate ...

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Wednesday’s launch kicked off the company’s second attempt to send one of its Hakuto-R spacecraft to the moon. Ispace is a company that aims to sell its services to space agencies or private ...