Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

NASA’s Artemis II wet dress rehearsal, a critical prelaunch test for the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo, was ...

Artemis II echoes the Apollo-era missions that paved the way for the first moon landing — and sets the stage for what comes next.

The first crewed mission of the Artemis program won’t land on the moon, but it aims to take four astronauts farther from the ...

A 2024 concept image of NASA’s fission surface power system for the moon. The moon is going nuclear. On Tuesday NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced a commitment to build a fission reactor ...

There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like ...

For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.

The first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years is on hold as winter weather in Florida forces NASA to push back launch plans for Artemis II. The agency says near-freezing temperatures and strong ...

A newly tracked asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, triggering bright flashes, lunar debris, and rare meteor storms on ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are on track to build and deploy nuclear reactors on the moon in the next four years, according to an announcement from the departments ...