NASA plans to install a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, marking a new space race with China for lunar resources.

The US is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the ...

New Zealand's air force carried out the perilous operation in freezing temperatures and total darkness. U.S. officials called ...

Amid 24-hour darkness, three people based at the United States' McMurdo Station in Antarctica were rescued by the Royal New ...

A planeload of scientists annually arrives on the ice at Troll Airfield (QAT) in one of the largest commercial airplanes to fly to Antarctica. The flight is commissioned by the Norwegian Polar ...

People are questioning the reason for an Antarctica evacuation after authorities shared just how dangerous the conditions ...

The new temporary head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China, which could mean another Florida launch ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon ended in failure after contact with was lost a day after the launch in February ...

Solar panels, wind turbines, a hydrogen energy system and lithium-ion batteries are powering China’s newest polar research ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges.