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President Donald Trump wants to see the U.S. return to the moon with a manned-mission by 2028 and establish an American lunar base powered by nuclear reactors by 2030. China and Russia also have ...

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Depending on who you ask — and what you’re willing to believe — aliens are real. And they’ve visited Vandenberg Space Force ...

In a sweeping reset of US space policy, President Donald Trump on December 18, 2025, signed an executive order directing NASA to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028, establish the first elements of ...

The International Space Station flies across the face of the Moon. (NASA photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria) NASA Identifier: 440862main_2010-2545 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has released a ...

WASHINGTON — President ‌Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order issued on Thursday, the first ...

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Decades ago, a spacecraft suggested Saturn's largest moon, Titan, had an ocean. New observations suggest that the liquid may look more like slush. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

Scientists are to send a spacecraft to hunt for aliens potentially hiding in our solar system. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus, as it has all the ...