News hit earlier this month that the infamous “cockroach moon dust” was up for auction? Turns out, NASA is trying to block the sale as they ... but there was real concern in 1969 that Apollo ...

Nasa is paying a Colorado-based company $1 (£0.74) to collect a small sample of rocks ... to the moon by 2024. It is also trying to establish a business model for the extraction, sale and use ...

because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts suggested two different ages. Now, a study in the journal Nature argues for the earlier age, saying that the ancient Moon also ...

The probe is named after the moon goddess Chang'e in Chinese mythology. The probe used a drill and a robotic arm to scoop up soil and rocks, took some photos of the surface and planted a Chinese flag.