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New DARPA 'field guide' looks for ways to jump-start a moon economy

By Leonard David Published

A recent DARPA study laid out a step-by-step process that could enable an economic link between Earth and the moon. But how real is the promise of giving the moon an industrial makeover?

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The crater-riddled far side of the moon seen by the Orion spacecraft.
Our moon's 2 sides are more different than we thought, lunar samples reveal

By Samantha Mathewson Published

Lunar samples reveal the far side of the moon, hidden from Earth's view, may have a cooler interior than the near side.

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A large machine with tread wheels and a white body sits on a gravel path.
Mining the moon: Can you make money harvesting helium-3?

By Leonard David Published

Mining the moon for helium-3: How real is the prospect, and is there a business case for such an undertaking?

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An astronaut in a white spacesuit stands on the surface of the moon with a metal detector.
A tiny Apollo 17 moon rock is unlocking a secret lunar history

By Keith Cooper Published

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.

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A photo of the Earth in the darkness of space with the surface of the moon in the foreground of the image
The moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year — a physicist explains why

By Stephen DiKerby Published

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

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'This is how I'm going to land': New NASA astronaut candidate's helicopter skills could come in handy on the moon

By Elizabeth Howell Published

Ben Bailey has 2,000 hours of flight time, including with high-profile military helicopters. The NASA astronaut candidate may be able to leverage that experience for moon landings.

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A yellow circle, the sun, is partially blocked out in the top right portion by a dark gray circle, the moon as it passes nearby in a gray sky. Both spheres are labeled with yellow font
New moon of September 2025 gets eclipsed today

By Jesse Emspak Published

September's new moon occurs on Sept. 21 and will partially eclipse the sun for skywatchers in the southern Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

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This artist’s concept shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander and NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) on the lunar surface.
VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).

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A man wearing a dark polo button up shirt heads into a blue-lit door with the words "Lunar Outpost: Mission Control" above it.
'We are ready to drive': Take a look inside Lunar Outpost's moon rover mission control (photos)

By Leonard David Published

The rover's design is "a mix between a dune buggy and a heavy-duty truck."

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Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon

By Unnati Ashar Published

By poring over thousands of satellite images, researchers geolocated 245 fresh boulder tracks, revealing signs of seismic activity or impact events within the last half-million years.

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