Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only…
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The Moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has captivated humanity for millennia and remains a vital focus of scientific research and exploration. Its surface preserves a record of the solar system’s early history, offering insights into planetary formation, asteroid impacts, and volcanic activity. Modern studies of the Moon inform our understanding of Earth’s tides, climate stability, and even the potential for future human settlement beyond our planet. From lunar geology to the search for water ice and new missions from space agencies and private companies, explore the latest findings and developments in Moon science and exploration.
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces. Aerospace…
Nearly 50 years after Apollo 17 astronauts sealed a lunar soil sample in a vacuum…
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analog of the south polar lunar…
The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was visible from Antarctica, where the Moon blotted…
Reanalysis of Chang’e 3 radar data revealed a buried lunar paleoregolith layer up to 30…
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, there was a total solar eclipse visible only at the…
ESA and TalTech are studying iron pyrite microcrystals as scalable solar cells, potentially harvestable from…
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, some people in the Southern Hemisphere will have the chance…
The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and…
NASA, ESA, and international partners are developing rovers and reactors to test oxygen production on…
Predawn hours of November 19 found the Moon in partly cloudy skies over Cancun, Mexico.…
We have a rare opportunity to witness the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600…
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a contract to deliver research, including science investigations…
The next full Moon is a near-total lunar eclipse, the Beaver, Frost/Frosty, or Snow Moon;…
The traps likely contain solid carbon dioxide that could be used to sustain robot or…
The Moon’s regolith contains vast oxygen reserves, potentially enough to support humanity for 100,000 years—if…
https://youtu.be/bpXEyfMyru0 On November 19, 2021 (late evening of the 18th in some time zones), the…