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Webb Observations Eliminate 2032 Lunar-Impact Risk From Asteroid 2024 YR4

Precision NIRCam tracking in February enabled a refined orbit solution that shows a safe lunar flyby.

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

SpaceX Pivots From Mars to a Self-Growing Lunar City, Targeting Under 10 Years

Musk Shifts SpaceX’s Near-Term Goal to Building a Self-Sustaining Lunar City

SpaceX Pivots to the Moon With 2027 Uncrewed Landing Target

SpaceX Pivots to Building a ‘Self‑Growing’ Moon City, Delays Mars Push

SpaceX Shifts to the Moon, Eyeing a 2027 Uncrewed Landing and a Self‑Sustaining Lunar City

SpaceX Pivots to the Moon With 2027 Uncrewed Landing Target

Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

NASA Study of Apollo Moon Soil Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

KAIST’s Deployable Airless Wheel Passes Field Tests for Lunar Pit Access

Scientists Detect Granite Batholith Heating the Moon’s Compton–Belkovich Region

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

Scientists Confirm Moon’s Solid, Iron-Like Inner Core Inside Molten Outer Layer

PNAS Study Finds Rare Water-Rich Meteorite Relics in Chang'e-6 Far-Side Samples

Sealed Apollo 17 Sample Reveals Exotic Sulfur Signature Unlike Earth’s

Chang'e-6 Rocks Reveal Cooler Lunar Far-Side Mantle by About 100°C

Lab Experiments Back ‘Earth Wind’ as Driver of Lunar Rust