The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. In April 2025, China reportedly ...

If all goes to plan, by 2040 people may be living on the moon in houses made—essentially—from mushrooms. At least, that’s how astrobiologist Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild is picturing it. She imagines domed ...

A private space exploration company based in Japan, ispace, wants to see people living on the moon by 2040. They have plans to eventually build a city on the lunar surface that would house a thousand ...

Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don't have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out ...

Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to ...

(The Conversation) – The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it ...

Russia is planning to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon within the next 10 years to support its lunar space programme.