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China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples

Chinese state media says the mission aims ‘to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids’ and the Earth.

Al Jazeera

China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.

Space

House-size asteroid will miss Earth by just 72,000 miles today (video)

The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth.

Space

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Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat − 2025 has brought successes and shortfalls for companies and space agencies

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering.

The Conversation

Tiny glass beads found on the Moon show it once had volcanoes, scientists say

Volcanic eruptions were happening as recently as 120 million years ago, study suggests

The Independent UK

You think you know the moon? NASA scientists say think again

A new technique using data gathered by a spacecraft has helped peer back billions of years

The Independent UK

Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

April 2025 was a busy month for space.

The Conversation

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Nasa’s planned budget cuts could set back space science, but show how to future-proof the agency

The 2026 Nasa budget proposal would slash around US$6 billion (£4.4 billion) in funding. This is a huge reduction, amounting to around 25% of recent Nasa budgets. The savings would mainly come from Nasa science programmes, potentially devastating high profile missions and international collaborations.

The Conversation

Netflix's Moonrise creator was inspired by Attack On Titan and a futuristic 3D printing tech when making the anime series

A Q&A with veteran director Masashi Koizuka about his new Netflix anime series Moonrise.

TechRadar

What time is it on the moon? US House space committee wants a standard lunar clock

Time moves faster on the moon, and now we're one step closer to getting a lunar time zone to keep track of it.

Space

Belgian Paul Van Hoeydonck, first artist on the moon, dies aged 99

Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck has died aged 99. For decades he had the honour of being the first and only person to have a work of art on the moon.

Euronews

Trump NASA Budget Prioritizes Moon, Mars Missions Over Research

President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center --- slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter.

International Business Times

China says it is on track to put boots on Moon by 2030 as Nasa’s Artemis struggles with delay

Chinese spacecraft is slated to attain crewed flight capability by 2027 to 2028

The Independent UK

China shares rare Moon rocks with US despite trade war

Chinese space agency opens access to its lunar samples to scientists from seven countries

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China steps up space race with another successful rocket launch

Three astronauts have been sent to China's own space station to replace the current crew in a bid to reach the moon or even Mars.

The Independent UK

China launches astronauts to Chinese space station

Shenzhou-20 mission marks latest step towards Moon goal

The Independent UK

China prepares for launch of 3-person space station replacement crew

China is making final preparations for the launch of a three-person replacement crew for its orbiting space station that will mark a further step toward a possible crewed mission to the Moon and exploration of Mars

The Independent UK

Venus, Saturn and the Moon set to form rare ‘smiley face’ planet alignment

Venus and Saturn are set to align with the crescent moon on Friday morning in a rare astronomical event.

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The Independent UK

Why China wants to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon

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China plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon

The plans come as China steps up its ambitious space programme

International Business Times

Veteran Chinese Astronaut To Lead Fresh Crew To Space Station

China announced Wednesday that a veteran astronaut will lead two crew members on their first flight to the Tiangong space station, the latest milestone in the country's race to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030.

LiveScience

Two planets will form a 'smiley face' with the moon on April 25. Here's where to look.

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

Space

NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.

The Conversation

Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history

Gravity pulls us to earth, a lesson you learn viscerally the first time you fall. Isaac Newton described gravity as a universal attractive force, one that holds the Moon in orbit around the Earth, the planets in orbit around the Sun, and the Sun in orbit around the center of…

Euronews

NASA removes graphic novel featuring female astronaut as Trump's diversity purge continues

"First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon.

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