Lunar Impact Created a Sea of Molten Rock Six Miles Deep
An analysis of the data from NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter reveals that molten rock covered the Moon’s surface on more than one occasion, showing…
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Presence of Water in the Primary Crust Indicates That the Early Moon Was Wet
New findings from the University of Michigan indicate that the early moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost during the moon’s…
NASA Probes Ebb & Flow Set for Mission-Ending Moon Impact
NASA’s GRAIL mission spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, are set to impact the moon near a crater named Goldschmidt on December 17th, hitting the surface at…
Saturn-Like Rings May Have Formed Solar System’s Moons
Earth’s moon might have emerged from a long-vanished ring system, akin to the rings still encircling Saturn, and this could apply to many of the…
GRAIL Generates High Resolution Gravity Field Map of the Moon
New data from NASA’s Ebb and Flow probes was used to generate a high-resolution gravity field map of the moon, showing that the moon’s gravity…
Spelunking Rover May Explore Mysterious Lunar Caverns
William Whittaker has been developing roving robots for years. By 2015, he hopes that his rover will explore some mysterious caves on the Moon. Three…
New Theoretical Models Salvage Moon-Forming Impact Theory
One of the widest accepted models for the Moon’s formation states that a renegade, Mars-sized planet, named Theia, slammed into Earth 4.5 billion years ago,…
Simulation May Explain Saturnian System
Saturn’s odd mix of mid-sized satellites are among the strangest in the outer Solar System. With widely varying densities and locations, measuring between 300 to…
Catalog of Moon’s Craters May Reveal Ice Beyond Moon’s Poles
There might be more ice on the Moon than was previously thought. There are permanent shadows far from the lunar poles, which has expanded the…
Weather Satellite Captures Image of “Blue” Moon
The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager captured an image of the second full moon of the month – known as a ‘Blue’ Moon. Europe’s…
LRO Radar Data Indicates That the Walls of Shackleton Crater on the Moon May Hold Ice
Using the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a team of scientists have estimated that as much as five to ten percent of material,…
Astronomers Discover a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a fifth moon, designated P5, orbiting Pluto that is irregular in shape and 6 to 15 miles across….
Evolution of the Moon Video
At roughly three minutes long, this animated video walks you through the evolution of the moon from its first formation 4.5 billion years ago, to…
Topographic Map of the Moon with “Walking On Air” and “A Narrated Tour of the Moon” Videos
Take a few minutes to enjoy this image of the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created and two of NASA’s most…
Phobos May Provide Evidence of Life on Mars
Scientists estimated that several large impact events on Mars could have launched significant amounts of Martian material into space, leading them to believe that if…
Data Suggests the Possible Ice on the Moon at Shackleton Crater
Using a laser altimeter on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, a team of scientists has mapped Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, finding possible evidence for…
Study Finds a Mixture of Both Deep and Shallow Heating on Io
By examining data from NASA’s Voyager and Galileo missions and incorporating infrared data obtained from telescopes on Earth, astronomers discovered that the heat pouring out…
GRAIL Completes Prime Mission, Now Preparing for Extended Operations
NASA’s GRAIL Mission, with twin probes named Ebb and Flow, has delivered over 99.99 percent of the data that was collected on the moon and…
