Illustration of a conceptual radio telescope within a crater on the Moon. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative…
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[embedded content] At the Moon’s North and South Poles, the Sun is never more than 1.5° above or below the horizon. The resulting pattern of…
The blog “Ladyplanet. Natürlich Frau sein” is quite certain: “Our cycle is linked to that of the moon. The most obvious connection is the length…
The Moon, or supermoon, is seen as it rises behind the U.S. Capitol, Monday, March 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. A supermoon occurs when the…
Credit: Julius-Maximilians-University What might look like a dangling hamster ball is actually a robotic sphere to explore the depths of lunar caves. Designed by a…
Overhead view of the proposed ark design. Credit: Jekan Thanga The ambitious project proposed by a University of Arizona team aims to preserve humankind –…
Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford The Next Full Moon is the Snow, Storm, and Hunger Moon; the Moon of the Purim Holiday; the Chinese Lantern Festival; Magha…
Entering a lunar lava tube. The Moon’s surface is covered by millions of craters, but it also hosts hundreds of very steep-walled holes known as…
Moon phases. For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents, and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet’s celestial…
Artist’s concept of the Gateway Power and Propulsion Element, or PPE, and Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, in orbit around the Moon. Credit: NASA…
An example of LRO’s ability to look to the side, or slew, is this image of the central peak in Tycho crater. The central peak…
This illustration shows the Gateway lunar platform orbiting the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA is improving a flight software system to help create and certify essential…
GBT-VLBA radar image of the region where Apollo 15 landed in 1971. The snake-like feature is Hadley Rille, a remnant of ancient volcanic activity, probably…
A dusty lunar landscape, as envisioned by NASA’s Advanced Concepts Laboratory. Credit: NASA NASA asked university students around the country to help solve the pesky…
Illustration of of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the lunar surface. The lander will carry a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations…
Full moon in Tromsø, Norway. Credit: Maja Sojtaric High tides may even counter the potential threat of submarine methane release from the warming Arctic. It…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/Joy Ng On January 13, 2021, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, experienced its first lunar transit of the year…
NASA’s astromaterials sample collections, which include a library of Apollo lunar and Antarctic meteorite samples, are now offered online through a new virtual exploration tool…
Illustration of an Artemis astronaut on the Moon. Credit: NASA Sending the first Artemis mission to the Moon in preparation for human missions, landing a…
Moon phases. The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, Cold Moon, the Moon after Yule, the Long Night Moon, the Datta Jayanti…