A lunar nuclear reactor may sound dramatic, but its neither illegal nor unprecedented. But it does raise critical questions ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

NASA announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday, in an attempt to stay ahead of China and Russia in a ...

Blue Ghost mission made history with the first successful U.S. commercial lunar landing. Now, with new contracts and bigger ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

NASA would instead procure commercial launches and commercial spacecraft to ferry astronauts between the Earth and the Moon, while focusing the agency's long-term gaze toward Mars. CYA EUS?

According to a recent directive from acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.