NASA head Bill Nelson has repeatedly raised the alarm about the rapid advances in China's space programme and the possibility of Beijing dominating the most resource-rich locations on the moon.
Lunar eclipses in particular were seen as dark omens, such as the death of the king.
Donning our glasses, hundreds of strangers gazed skyward together and watched the moon gradually take a bite out of the sun.
Total solar eclipses are rare, not often occurring in the same place for a very long time. What makes it special? Why can't we look directly at it? Here's what you should know.
While the discovery of life on Mars has been tantalizing for decades, some of the most feasible options for inhabited bodies in space are the icy moons of the solar system's gas giants.
Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!
The proliferation of commercial space ventures has itself been driven by leaps in technology in recent decades.
If successful, the flight would represent the first controlled descent to the lunar surface by a US spacecraft since the final Apollo crewed moon mission in 1972, and the first by a private company.
Japan aims to send an astronaut the moon in the next few years.
Jewish history has known periods of great darkness, but these were always followed by a renewal of the light.
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