A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be ...

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We are about to witness the second Blood Moon Purim eclipse on Thursday night, and there will be a third Blood Moon Purim ...

The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.

Once a beacon of opportunity, Thailand’s vibrant condo market for Chinese investors is now dimming, as economic clouds gather over China’s middle class. Stephen Yao, a former Chinese investments ...

China follows with the Yutu-2 rover in 2019, this time touching down on the moon's unexplored far side an impressive first. A sample return mission on the moon's near side in 2020 yields nearly 4 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.

The country’s previous lander — 1976’s Luna 24 — not only landed, but returned moon rocks to Earth. After its first lander slams into the moon in 2019, India regroups and launches Chandrayaan-3 (Hindi ...

Among the countries, companies and organizations that have attempted in the 21st century to set down softly on the moon, only China can claim complete success on the first try. Others, including ...

The lander also conducted two “hazard avoidance” maneuvers during its final descent that included boulders and rocks ... on the far side of the moon. So far, only China has sent a spacecraft ...