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New research shows that lunar dust is less toxic than many Earthborne air pollutants. That said — should you snort it? Well, you could!

Scientists Investigate What Happens If You Snort Moon Dust

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The permanently shadowed regions of the Earth's Moon could shelter microbial lifeforms, according to new research.

Scientists Say There May Be Life on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

A robot aboard the recent Athena lunar lander survived the botched landing — but tragically couldn't break free.

Robot Survived Failed Lunar Landing But Was Trapped Inside and Died Afterward

By Frank Landymore

Firefly Aerospace has shared footage of showing its NASA-sponsored lunar lander, Blue Moon, softly touching down on the surface of the Moon.

Amazing Video Shows Spacecraft Touching Down on Surface of Moon

By Frank Landymore

NASA researchers believe that a layer of molten goo, which shifts and moves like ocean tides, sits between the Moon's mantle and core.

Something Massive Is Shifting Deep Inside the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Because time moves ever so slightly on the surface of the Moon, researchers have created a way to keep lunar clocks in sync with Earth ones.

Scientists Say They’ve Come up With a “Time Zone” For the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Even though it's already built, NASA is not sending its VIPER rover to the Moon. Instead, it will be replaced by a "mass simulator."

NASA Scrapping Finished $450 Million Moon Rover, Will Send Dead Weight “Simulator” to Moon in Its Place

By Frank Landymore

NASA's cancellation of the VIPER Moon rover mission has spurred scientists to demand Congress to reverse the agency's decision.

Scientists Outraged at Canceled NASA Moon Mission Plead Congress to Reconsider

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will no longer go to the Moon, and will most likely be scrapped for parts.

NASA Abandons Moon Rover After Spending Half a Billion Dollars on It

By Frank Landymore

A piece of Chinese space junk hit the Moon and left a weird pockmark on the surface — but there's more to this story than meets the eye.

Chinese Spacecraft That Smashed Into Moon Was Carrying Something Mysterious, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new atomic study of an Apollo 17-era Moon crystal suggests that the Moon formed roughly 40 million years earlier than previously thought.

NASA Surprised by What It Found Studying Ancient Moon Crystal

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After successfully launching its lunar lander, India plans to make history again by sending up its own astronauts to the Moon.

India Announces Plan to Send Astronauts to the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

The historic success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission also makes it the first nation to softly land near the Moon's south pole.

India Just Became the Fourth Ever Country to Land on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.

What Does the Moon Smell Like?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three brothers who used to work at SpaceX walk into a bar and order some Moon water — stop me if you've heard this one before.

Ex-SpaceX Brothers Working on Spacecraft Powered by Moon Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

The crypto platform LunarCrush will be stowing a bounty of 62 Bitcoin on the Moon, currently worth around $1.5 million — and it's completely up for grabs.

SpaceX Flying Bitcoin Bounty to Moon, Where Anyone Can Grab It If They Can Get There

By Frank Landymore