The beaver moon will reach its closest point to Earth, appearing 10% larger and brighter than a typical full moon.

As the decade progresses, the competition to establish a lasting human presence on the Moon is intensifying, setting the stage for what could become the foundation of an off-world economy.

As a result, other studies that have examined the cardiovascular effects of space radiation on astronauts have been unable to generate firm conclusions. Studies in animals have shown that radiation can lead to stiffening of the arteries, damage to the heart’s structure, and changes in how the heart beats.

Earth has just acquired a new best friend in space – a small asteroid named 2025 PN7. Not quite a moon, it has been moving in quiet company with our planet for decades, pacing our planet in nearly perfect synchronization as both orbit around the Sun.

The Earth-moon Lagrange points may be next. In 2024, the U.S. House Select Committee on the China adopted the most definitive U.S. guidance yet on these special locations in cislunar space: “ensure that the United States is the first country to permanently station assets at all Lagrange points,

Petty infighting between SpaceX and NASA is hampering America’s space efforts—and giving China’s growing space program a shot at outpacing them both.

Most people would think that Earth only has one moon, but in reality it's had multiple moons on more than one time. And right now is one of those times.

By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.

According to the latest mathematical models, the moon has a fluid outer core and a solid inner core, similar to Earth’s. The inner core is made up of a metal with a density similar to that of iron and measures about 500 kilometers in diameter, which is about 15% of the Moon’s total diameter.