The latest blueprint for a permanent outpost on the Moon is not just about planting more flags in gray dust. It sketches a tightly coupled system of rockets, reactors, data centers, and ...

A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a “distraction,” Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending humans to Mars.

Strategic competition between the US and China intensifies as both nations race to establish lunar bases and secure valuable ...

Credit: NASA. The dark plains of the Moon, known as maria, were once thought of as a geological retirement home. These vast ...

NASA may wind up renting space at the SpaceX lunar city for its explorers and scientists at less cost than if it built one ...

Last year, Musk said "the moon is a distraction." Now, he's talking about building a city there. The shift may be more ...

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. How atoms and molecules from Earth's atmosphere, knocked into space by the solar wind, are ...

"Our results represent the most globally complete understanding of recent lunar tectonism to date," Nypaver said. "The ...

The Moon is slowly shrinking as its interior cools, and that contraction is generating faults and seismic activity in the ...

On Sunday, Elon Musk reportedly announced that SpaceX is prioritizing the Moon over Mars ...