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Why on Earth is the planet’s day getting shorter?

Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That makes it one of the shortest days of 2025 at 86,399.99867 seconds long. How that happens, and how we can even measure it with such precision, might make your head spin faster too.

The Conversation

Is Trump's Moon Nuclear Reactor a Bold Move? Sean Duffy's NASA Plan Fuels Big Risks

Sean Duffy's NASA plan for a 100-kW lunar nuclear reactor by 2030 aims to win the space race but faces budget cuts and technical risks.

International Business Times UK

US wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in next ten years, NASA chief says

The directive mentions China and Russia’s joint effort to place a reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s

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You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle with the 'Rock and Roll Challenge

NASA is calling on the public to help shape the future of lunar exploration by designing the next generation of wheels capable of navigating the moon's harsh terrain.

Space

Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

Space

“Someone said, ‘This is what happens when the chess club kids don’t get their heads flushed down the loo enough!’ I liked that”: When Public Service Broadcasting’s geek chic took them all the way to the Moon

By the time they released The Race For Space, J Willgoose Esq and Wrigglesworth – then still a duo – were ready to accept their prog credentials

Louder

Mona Luna takes off: Europe’s all-new lunar rover set to land by 2030

Unveiled at this year’s Paris Air Show, Mona Luna is a fully European lunar rover developed by Venturi Space across France, Monaco, and Switzerland, and is set to land on the Moon around 2030.

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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

“India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the Moon, and the applause and shouts of joy that followed signified that this achievement wasn’t just a…

The Conversation

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo and a call to astronaut Buzz Aldrin

The Independent UK

Life on the Moon? Lunar soil could help humans live on the Moon, study finds

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed a technology that can extract water from the soil on the Moon and convert it into oxygen and chemical fuel.

Euronews

The soil on the Moon could support life, scientists say

The soil on the Moon could support life, scientists say.

The Independent UK

‘What Is A Scientific Fact That Absolutely Blows Your Mind?’: People Share 25 Incredible Facts About Our World

Few things in this world are just as crazy as some scientific facts you're about to hear.

Bored Panda

July 2025 full 'Buck Moon' dazzles skywatchers worldwide (photos)

The July full moon didn't disappoint as it rode low across the horizon last night and we've got the photos to prove it.

Space

Buck moon shines over Greece’s ancient Temple of Poseidon

July's "Buck Moon" glistened over Greece's 2,500-year-old Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion late on Thursday, 10 July.

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Buck moon 2025: How to see July’s full moon tonight

Latest forecasts from the UK Met Office suggest Friday will offer the best viewing conditions for the UK

The Conversation

Are people at the South Pole upside down?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

LiveScience

What color is moonlight?

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

Benzinga

Elon Musk And Tom Cruise Once Planned On Making A Movie In Space Using SpaceX Rockets

As the feud between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump heats up, the Trump administration announced it will provide funding for NASA's Artemis Program to the moon, as well as allocate $1.25 billion to the International Space Station.

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Joe Rogan Once Said He Started Doubting The Apollo Missions After COVID-19, Compared Post-Flight Press Conference To A 'Hostage Video'

Podcast host Joe Rogan once told political commentator Matt Walsh that after the COVID-19 pandemic, he started questioning his long-held beliefs, including whether the U.S. actually landed on the moon.

The Independent UK

A giant glowing X and V will appear on the Moon’s surface tonight

The rare phenomenon forms when the sunlight hits the lunar surface at just the right angle

Euronews

US Senate greenlights billions for Moon missions despite Elon Musk’s opposition

The US is granting $10 billion (8.5 billion) for Moon missions that go against what SpaceX boss Elon Musk hopes to see from NASA.

Space

An enormous 'X' and 'V' will grace the moon's surface tonight. Here's how to see them

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

Space

'Apollo 13' at 30: the space movie where scientists have the right stuff too

Ron Howard's classic celebrates the mission control geniuses who got the astronauts home.

Inverse

30 Years Ago, A Classic Sci-Fi Thriller Was The Last Gasp Of A Historic Moment

They don't make moon landings like they used to anymore.

The Conversation

The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the Moon and Mars. This is probably a result of asteroids hitting their surfaces and ejecting material towards our planet.

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