And in 2013, China’s Chang’e 3 touched down on the Moon — the first soft lunar landing in 37 years. Today, a new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing. Although the return of ...

There are many countries and companies vying to be part of this new lunar gold rush. Among them is private space firm Firefly Aerospace, based in Texas. Its Blue Ghost 1 mission, which launched on ...

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land ...

A lunar eclipse is an alignment of the Earth, moon and sun where the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, or umbra. As it does, the moon will appear to darken and take on a crimson shade of red.