The flags of two countries hang unfurled — not by any breeze but by metal wiring — over the desolate, eerily still surface of the moon. One is the stars and stripes of the United States; the other, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the first U.S. flag planted on the Moon. For those who knew their world history, it ...

Space was once declared the “common heritage of humanity.” But treaties fade, and corporations don’t. As billionaires, governments, and private companies rush to claim asteroids, the Moon, and Mars, ...

The remarkable recent test flight of SpaceX’s Starship brought the world one step closer to a host of new possibilities beyond Earth (not least the colonisation of Mars). But as well as reducing the ...

The Trump administration is expected to announce plans to send a nuclear reactor to the moon. It's brought on the question of who actually owns the moon. The Trump administration is expected to ...