Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will Extend Human Presence in Deep Space
As NASA sets its sights on returning to the Moon, and preparing for Mars, the agency is developing new opportunities in lunar orbit to provide…
As NASA sets its sights on returning to the Moon, and preparing for Mars, the agency is developing new opportunities in lunar orbit to provide…
NASA’s former chief exploration scientist, Michael Wargo, has been posthumously honored with the distinction of having a lunar crater named after him. Wargo Crater is…
If you live in the western part of North America, Alaska, and the Hawaiian islands, you might set your alarm early the morning of Wednesday,…
If you live in the western part of North America, Alaska, and the Hawaiian islands, you might set your alarm early the morning of Wednesday,…
NASA ScienceCast video about supermoons in late 2017 and early 2018. A supermoon is a Moon that is full when it is also at or…
The Moon was a focal point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blocking out the Sun during one of the most-viewed events in U.S….
The Earth’s Moon had a rough start in life. Formed from a chunk of the Earth that was lopped off during a planetary collision, it…
New research reveals that billions of years ago the Moon actually had an atmosphere that was thicker than the atmosphere of Mars today. Looking up…
New research supported by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image of the Moon’s shadow over a large region of the United States during the total solar eclipse…
A team at NASA’s Ames Research Center has created a simulated lunar environment to study lighting conditions experienced at the unexplored poles of the Moon….
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has identified bright areas in craters near our moon’s south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on…
Newly published research reveals that heat from the crystallization of the lunar core may have driven its now-defunct magnetic field some 3 billion years ago….
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…