The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

The moon is an integral part of the sky above us. Over time, each month’s full moon has acquired a unique name of its own: ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Landing on the moon is one of the most challenging things humanity has attempted. Perhaps that’s part of what drives us to keep trying.

Saturn’s largest and brightest moon, 8th-magnitude Titan, lies a little over 2.5’ east of the planet tonight. But there’s a rarer sight on display: Saturn’s moon Iapetus, now roughly 11th ...

(CNN) — For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk.

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The two landers blasted toward the moon, lifting off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar ...

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for two separate companies looking to jumpstart business on the Moon. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s ...

Firefly had purchased a Falcon 9 launch to send its Blue Ghost lander to the moon. At the same time, Ispace, to save on the costs for the mission, had asked SpaceX for a rideshare, that is ...

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to ...