Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help ...

Chinese scientists plan to build a massive radio telescope array on the far side of the Moon by 2035. The project involves constructing 7,200 butterfly-shaped wire antennas arranged in a circular ...

Before either of those ambitious projects actually break lunar ground, two more small radio telescopes will launch to the Moon in 2026. One is a second, upgraded version of ROLSES.

Its other goal is to simply prove that a radio telescope could work on the Moon “These are all kinds of multi-billion dollar projects that I think are, in some sense, ...

Researchers aim to study the universe’s 'Dark Ages' using a quiet orbit around the Moon. Their small satellite will search ...

Learn about a cosmic project that will journey to the dark side of the moon in order to listen for the Universe’s earliest echoes.

The lunar occultation of Saturn as seen by the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, Italy on Jan. 4, 2025. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project) ...