The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest lunar mysteries.

It was also the first time I noticed how a lunar eclipse could affect animal behavior. When the moon was still bright, a nearby male American woodcock repeatedly broadcast his buzzy "peent" call in hopes of catching a female's attention.

In the coming weeks, Artemis II will send humans around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Could it be a redemptive moment, as it was in 1968?

Credit: NASA. The dark plains of the Moon, known as maria, were once thought of as a geological retirement home. These vast stretches of frozen lava have

The lunar mass driver—essentially a cannon that uses magnetic power to accelerate an object—is a key component to launch the million satellites Musk wants to put in orbit around the Earth. But Musk wasn’t the first person to come up with the idea.

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a cislunar orbit between Earth and the moon. Less than 10% of these orbits remained stable throughout the simulations,

What a remarkable update to our ancient understanding of our place in the solar system.