Browsing: Moon
“In 2050, the first 100m diameter telescope took shape in a crater on the moon.” Vladimir Vasyansky/NASA The Allsea eyes, operational since the 2070s, were the…
On July 20th and July 23rd, 2025, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captured images of Earth and the Moon from a distance of approximately 290 million km (180…
Astronomers utilizing the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have identified a previously uncharted small moon, provisionally named S/2025 U 1. This discovery, made from a series…
Introducing the Cosmic Welcome Mat, the newest addition to our solar system. On Tuesday, astronomers discovered a new satellite approximately the size of 90 soccer fields.…
Astronomers have identified a new moon nestled among the 28 others near Uranus. NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI, M. ELMOU A recently discovered, faint moon orbits Uranus,…
View of Ganymede from NASA’s Juno spacecraft junocam/nasa/jpl-caltech/swri/msss/kalleheikki kannisto Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons, has the potential to act as a significant dark matter detector, with…
Researchers have created innovative technologies to extract water from lunar soil, potentially offering vital support for future lunar explorers. Findings published in the journal Joule highlight…
The examination of North West Africa (NWA) 16286 reveals a lunar metstone with a distinctive chemical profile, offering new perspectives on the evolution of the moon’s…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may create the largest lunar impact in the past 5,000 years Mark Garlic/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Originally believed to be on a collision…
The surface of the moon as captured from orbit prior to the crash ISPACE SMBC X Hakuto-R Venture Moon On June 5th at 7:13 PM, a…
Artist’s depiction of the Resilience lunar lander ispace The private spacecraft is set to attempt a landing this week. Should the Japanese company ISPACE succeed on…
Titan is the sole moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere, captivating planetary scientists for years. Recent analysis of archival infrared data from the…
A recent study by NASA has uncovered an unexpected and curious fact about the moon’s deep interior. Utilizing data from the Grail Spacecraft, researchers found that…
With data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope, astronomers have found signs of cloud convection in Titan’s northern hemisphere. The…
The other side of the moon – the part that is always far from the earth – is strangely different from close. It is pockmarked with…
Boot print on the dusty surface of the moonPublic domain sources from CBW/Alamy/Access rights The base of future moons could be powered by solar cells made…
NASA took a chance some years back that commercial companies could conduct scientific experiments on the moon at a lower cost than institutions. Unfortunately, last year,…
The Light out The first private Lunar Lander A completely successful moon mission.Firefly Air Space Blue Ghost Lander We were silent over the weekend to close…
On March 12, 2025, Spatula – ESA’s first space safety mission – reached Deimos, coming within 5,000 km of the surface of Mars and 1,000 km…
Mars appears bright blue in this near-infrared image taken by Hera's spacecraft. The month's deimos is a dark mark towards the center of the imageESA Space…
IM-2 missions in low lunar orbits An intuitive machine The intuitive machine Athena Lander has reached the moon, but appears to have fallen. The Lander is…
In less than a week, the second privately constructed US spacecraft is poised to land on the moon. The robot lander, named Athena, was created by…
The Blue Ghost took a photo of the shadows on the moon.Firefly Air Space The Texas company has achieved its second commercial landing on the moon.…
The personally built spacecraft is a few hours away from landing on the moon, a feat only achieved by one other company in spaceflight history. The…
Scheduled to appear in space this week, the Robot Moonlander is set to mark the second moon mission of a company that made history last year…
Artist's impression of the moon's Athena spaceshipNASA This week, a private space mission was launched on the moon, aiming to reach the southernmost point we've ever…
Close-up photo of astronaut shoes and shoe marks in lunar soil taken by Buzz Aldrin in July 1969NASA/Johnson Space Center We say don’t stop thinking about…
A recent study by the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Maryland suggests that the rugged terrain of the moon may still be active in areas…
Near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 is in an Earth-like orbit and remained very close to Earth for several months at the end of 2024. 2024 PT5 captured…
The commencement of the new year for lunar exploration is set to take place early Wednesday, as two robotic landers and a small rover are poised…
Artist’s impression of the Blue Ghost’s moon landingfirefly aerospace In a sign of increased commercial activity on the moon, two private spacecraft aiming to land on…
overviewNew research suggests the moon may be older than many scientists thought.This study suggests that the moon rock samples taken during the Apollo missions date back…
Juno and Galileo’s volcanic activity on Io, Jupiter’s innermost Galilean moon and the most volcanically active object in the solar system, is unlikely to originate from…
Some of the icy moons in the Jupiter and Saturn systems appear to have oceans of liquid water inside them. Although our knowledge of Uranus' moons…
Previous studies have found signs of ice in permanently shadowed regions near the moon’s south pole, including areas within the Cabeus, Howarth, Shoemaker, and Faustini craters.…
According to some researchers, the moon may have been captured during a close encounter between young Earth and the Earth binary (a system consisting of the…
There is plenty of geological evidence that the Moon had ancient volcanic activity, but it is unclear how long that activity lasted. Magma eruptions create volcanic…
New research suggests that volcanoes on the Moon were active during the time of the dinosaurs on Earth, but much more recently than previously believed.Three small…
Life on Earth has faced various threats over millions of years, from asteroids to pandemics to climate change. According to the IPCC, nearly one in five…
Skywatchers on a budget will be excited for a night of celestial luck on Monday, as they have the chance to witness a supermoon and a…