NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.

New tech allows moon events to be accurately synchronised from Earth, paving the way for more spacecraft and people to work on the satellite.

A bird flies as the full moon, known as the Wolf Supermoon rises in the sky over Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.

In a world first, Chinese scientists have successfully carried out satellite laser ranging between Earth and the Moon in broad daylight. This achievement marks a monumental leap in space exploration, ...

Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in China released LTE440, short for Lunar Time Ephemeris, in a recently published paper in Astronomy & Astrophysics. The software accounts for the Moon ...

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will carry four astronauts around the Moon is rolling to Launch ...

Reed Anway · On Dec. 8, 2025, the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China published a paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics about the Lunar Time Ephemeris, or simply the LTE400, a software which ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a ...

NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity's understanding and ...