Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument ...

The phenomenon of the Moon slowly moving away from Earth often sparks various speculations, ranging from climate change to ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the fall of 2016, soaring temperatures caused the permafrost encasing a remote Norwegian mountainside to thaw.

Amid the climate crisis, is it a good idea to start sending preserved genetic material to the moon? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

What if humanity's backup was on the moon? Well, that may just be the plan. Scientists want to create a repository on the moon to preserve biological material from Earth. Lunar temperatures and the ...

What do a Fort Pierce man, Picasso and Jimi Hendrix have in common? They're all on the moon. When the United States returned to the moon Feb. 22 — more than 50 years after the last time the U.S.

Fifty years after humans first left bootprints in the lunar dust, it’s an enticing idea. The effort and the commitment of brainpower and money, and the glorious achievement itself, shine as an ...

NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024. In his first interview since ...