The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

The moon is our constant companion and the only natural object that always orbits Earth. It's about four times smaller than Earth and its gravity is much weaker, which is why astronauts bounce around ...

Sailor Moon's lore is fascinating. Naoko Takeuchi's manga epic and its numerous anime adaptations feature a lot of fascinating world-building that fleshes out the world and the central conflict, ...

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But ...

Bypassing the moon and sending crews straight to Mars would be a serious error. Credit: NASA We’ve observed with concern a rising trend in human spaceflight ...

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The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...

Some of these astronauts could even fly to Mars on the first human mission to the red planet. The 10 candidates pictured at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left to right: U.S. Army CW3 ...

It's been a year full of celestial events, which may have sparked an interest in astronomy for many. When looking up at the night sky, it's easy to get confused about what you're looking at, ...

Back in 1969, Robert Zubrin remembers watching the first moon landing when he was a teenager. He says if someone back then had asked him to predict when astronauts would walk on Mars, "my guess would ...