#Space Exploration

Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman captured Earth's night side with two auroras and zodiacal light. What this image tells us about humanity's return to the Moon—and what it costs.

Two days after launching the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, the Trump administration proposed cutting NASA's budget by 23%. What does this mean for the future of space exploration?

NASA's Artemis II crew is now en route on a 10-day lunar orbit mission — the farthest any human has traveled from Earth. Here's what it means beyond the spectacle.

NASA's Artemis II launched four astronauts toward lunar orbit on the most powerful rocket ever flown by humans. Here's what's really at stake beyond the spectacle.

NASA's Artemis II launched Wednesday, sending four astronauts toward the Moon for the first time in 54 years. What this mission means, who's watching, and what happens next.

For the first time since 1972, astronauts are heading toward the Moon. But the Artemis program is less about planting flags and more about who gets to stay—and why that changes everything.

The hunt for Martian life, asteroid defense, and permanent lunar bases are accelerating simultaneously. What does this convergence mean for humanity's future—and who gets to decide?

NASA has officially paused the Gateway lunar space station program, pivoting to a Moon surface base. With $4.5 billion already spent, the fate of nearly-complete hardware raises urgent questions.

Chinese and German scientists have identified four lunar landing sites for China's first crewed moon mission — in a region NASA has also been eyeing. What happens when two superpowers target the same patch of moon?

Chinese scientists used AI and Chang'e-6 samples to chemically map the moon's far side for the first time, reshaping our understanding of lunar history and the future of space exploration.

NASA pushes Artemis moon landing to 2028 after safety concerns, but the real story lies in what this delay means for the future of space exploration.

Despite NASA's promising discovery of potential microbial traces on Mars, budget cuts have stalled the sample return mission while China races ahead with its own plan.