The GRAIL spacecraft has officially begun its science phase and will map the gravity field…
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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.
By combining data from one of Cassini’s instruments, called CAPS (Cassini Plasma Spectrometer), researchers discovered…
Recently published research papers reveal new details of how Saturn’s moon Titan shifts with the…
Researchers recently examined the new high-resolution images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and…
While NASA released some detailed lunar data late last year, no one had used this…
NASA wants to plan a space outpost parked near the Lagrange point, where the Earth’s…
The first images and video from NASA’s GRAIL mission of the far side of the…
New research by MIT scientists on lunar rock suggests that the moon once had a…
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which was supposed to have traveled to Phobos, a moon of Mars,…
Two new satellites are now in orbit around the moon and they could give us…
In the old days it used to be largely guess-work when determining which alien worlds…