The Latest Breaking News from Moon

Dreams of space travel started small with the launch of Sputnik-1 by the Soviet Union, and escalated with the U.S. Apollo landing on the moon in 1969. Six decades later, plans are ramping up for space tourism, missions to the moon and Mars, and mining on the moon.

The Moon's craters tell a violent history. The Chinese lunar mission Chang'e has revealed new lunar minerals

Moon robotics will move around astronauts and equipment to get ready for lunar landings. But first, comes the simulation of Canadarm3 to make sure everything will fit.

Discover how living in isolated colonies on the Moon or Mars could lead to the development of new accents, as explained by an expert in speech processing.

NASA's moon-to-Mars strategy identifies science as one of three pillars upon which the agency's quest for a sustained human presence throughout the solar system is built.

Unconventional plans to exploit the moon, including using it for human ashes and sports-drink containers, raise concerns about oversight and legal questions.

A team of researchers has grown chickpeas in simulated moondust for the first time.

SpaceX is targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, which aims to become the first private effort to soft-land on the moon.

As the moon’s core cools, it causes shriveling, creating ripples tens of meters high across its surface

NASA is wrapping up the design phase of a project to develop concepts for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor for use on the moon.

Japan's historic SLIM moon lander has powered down ahead of a likely mission-ending cold lunar nighttime — but not before grabbing some final images and loads of science data.