Majority of Lunar Ice Deposits Are Likely Billions of Years Old – But Some May Be Much More Recent
New research sheds light on the ages of ice deposits reported in the area of the Moon’s south pole — information that could help identify…
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New Research on Lunar Ice Deposits Examines When and How It Got There
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no…
These Tiny Satellites Will Pave the Way to Building a Moon Base
The space race between the US and Russia ended half a century ago when US astronauts became the first to walk on the moon. Today…
NASA Fermi Images: Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope…
Water in Polar Moon Craters Not as Invincible as Expected
The Moon’s south pole region is home to some of the most extreme environments in the solar system: it’s unimaginably cold, massively cratered, and has…
Moon Contains Clues to the Ancient Mysteries of the Sun
The Sun is why we’re here. It’s also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago,…
Our Moon is Shrinking, Generating Wrinkles and Moonquakes
The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools, getting more than about 150 feet (50 meters) skinnier over the last several hundred million years. Just…
New Model Reveals How Earth’s Moon Formed
For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth’s moon formed. But researchers at Yale and in Japan say they may have…
Scientists Calculate the Moon’s Core and Mantle Temperature
Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who…
Scientists Observe Water Molecules Moving Around the Moon
Using an instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon. A paper published in…
ARTEMIS Mission Reveals Origins of Moon’s ‘Sunburn’
Every object, planet, or person traveling through space has to contend with the Sun’s damaging radiation — and the Moon has the scars to prove…
Hubble Spots Tiny Moon “That Shouldn’t Be There”
Astronomers call it “the moon that shouldn’t be there.” After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has,…
NELIOTA Project Views Flashes of Light Across the Surface of the Moon
Every few hours observing the Moon, ESA’s ‘NELIOTA’ project discovers a brilliant flash of light across its surface – the result of an object hurtling…
NASA Reveals Sustainable Campaign to Return to Moon and Beyond
In December 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1, in which the president directed NASA “to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration…
Scientists Definitively Prove There Is Water Ice At The Moon’s Poles
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon’s…
Moon Bricks Will Pave the Way for Human Space Exploration
Lunar masonry starts on Earth. European researchers are working with Moon dust simulants that could one day allow astronauts to build habitats on our natural…
Earth’s Minimoons Provide Exciting Opportunities for Science and Technology
The detection of “minimoons” — small asteroids temporarily captured in orbit around Earth — will vastly improve our scientific understanding of asteroids and the Earth-Moon…
Striking Images of Blood-Red Moonset at Five-Second Intervals
ESO Photo Ambassador Petr Horálek captured this photoset while visiting ESO’s high-altitude Paranal Observatory in Chile, where skies are remarkably clear. He snapped photographs of…
