There's more to the Moon than being the Earth's sole natural satellite. Across centuries, the Moon has held deep cultural significance, often symbolizing life's cyclical nature. In astrology, the Moon ...

NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), ...

There may be more water on the moon than previously believed, and it could be used as a resource during upcoming missions -- like NASA's return of humans to the lunar surface through the Artemis ...

NASA and the space industry are in agreement: If we want to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we’ll need to make use of every native resource we can — and none are as important as ...

Scientists are confident that water ice can be found at the Moon’s poles inside permanently shadowed craters – in other words, craters that never receive sunlight. But observations show water ice is ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar water ...

For decades, the Moon was treated as a dead end, a place where flags and footprints marked the limits of human reach. Now scientists and mission planners are recasting it as a working outpost, a place ...