UCLA Study Shows the Moon is Older Than Previously Thought
By analyzing minerals brought back by the 1971 Apollo mission, a new study from UCLA shows that the moon is 40 million to 140 million…
By analyzing minerals brought back by the 1971 Apollo mission, a new study from UCLA shows that the moon is 40 million to 140 million…
Don’t miss the upcoming supermoon on Monday, November 14. It will be the closest full moon to Earth since 1948 and we won’t see another…
Astronomers are using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission to provide new insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history…
A newly published study reveals that a random bombardment by comets, asteroids and associated fragments are altering the lunar surface at a higher rate than…
A new method to detect hydrated materials reveals evidence of volatiles in the lunar proton albedo. Prior to the Apollo missions to the Moon, scientists…
This eight-minute video details Jan Woerner’s plan to build up a permanent base station on the Moon. Jan Woerner, Director General of the European Space…
This Christmas Day a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays. Known as the Full Cold Moon, this event won’t happen…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter views the Apollo 16 S-IVB impact site on the moon. After decades of uncertainty, the Apollo 16 S-IVB impact site on…
Geologists from Brown University detail the discovery of a giant mound near the Moon’s south pole that appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any…
Remember to take a look at this weekend’s supermoon eclipse; if you don’t you will have to wait until 2033 for the next one. NASA…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of Earth and the moon as they crossed the sun. Just before the moon entered the shot, Earth blocked…
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, astronomers mapped the gravity field in and around more than 1,200 craters on the far side…
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft has confirmed the existence of neon in the lunar atmosphere. “The presence of neon in the…
Scientists reveal a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. A NASA camera aboard…
This image taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn’s moons: Titan, Mimas, and Rhea. A single crescent moon is a familiar sight…
Using data from NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, a new study led by University of Colorado Boulder reveals that the moon is engulfed…
New computer simulation techniques suggest that crashing comets are responsible for the formation of lunar swirls on the Moon. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
Data from the Cosmic Ray Telescope and the Advanced Composition Explorer has revealed that energetic charged particles (such as galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic…