Moon

Levitating robot train on the moon? NASA has a crazy plan

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA has some really hair-brained plans, and I mean that in the best way possible. Despite facing some massive delays for its ...

Serbia becomes latest country to join China’s ILRS moon base project

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

HELSINKI — Serbia has signed an agreement on participating in the China-led International Lunar Research Station. Serbia’s Ministry of Science, Technological Development ...

In a virtual reality universe, upcoming ‘JUICE’ mission flies by Jupiter’s moon Callisto

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Though it’s still seven years from reaching Jupiter, the JUICE mission is proceeding apace — and a recent test-run simulated the mission’s ...

White House wants to give the Moon its own time zone

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

US News By Andrew Wulfeck, FOX Weather Published April 4, 2024, 9:39 p.m. ET The White House has directed NASA to lead efforts to ...

Edge of solar eclipse path of totality may slightly shift, experts warn

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

US News solar eclipse 2024 By Jesse O’Neill Published April 4, 2024 Updated April 4, 2024, 3:58 p.m. ET Your opportunity to ...

China appears to be trying to save stricken spacecraft from lunar limbo

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

HELSINKI — Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft initially intended for the moon but left stranded by ...

How to see the penumbral lunar eclipse, March’s full Worm Moon

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Astronomy fans can check out a unique Worm Moon this month as March’s full moon rises during a penumbral lunar eclipse. March’s ...

Moon mining startup Interlune wants to start digging for helium-3 by 2030

Technology
Michael Johnson

A budding startup called Interlune is trying to become the first private company to mine the moon’s natural resources and sell them ...

Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it ...

Jupiter’s moon Europa generates 1,000 tons of oxygen a day, study says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday. It’s enough ...