NASA and the DOE partner to build a lunar nuclear reactor by 2030, providing the power needed for sustained space missions.

"This agreement enables closer collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy to deliver the capabilities necessary ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

The towering rocket that will help propel a group of astronauts on NASA's first human moon mission in half-a-century may soon ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.

Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears ...

The Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both fame and scorn, has died at age 90. Von Däniken’s ...

New scientific findings revive debate over possible alien life on the Moon, examining unexplained data, past missions, and ...

Scientists studying Jupiter’s moon Europa have zeroed in on a strange, spider-like feature etched into the moon’s icy shell, ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on distant exoplanets and the rusty plains of Mars. Now, a small ...

Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on ...