Tag: moon
An infrared close up of the moon
NASA has selected the first-of-its-kind camera called the Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS) for payload integration and operations, launching from Earth and landing...
Moon formation brought water to the Earth
Earth is the only terrestrial planet with a large amount of water and a relatively large moon, which stabilizes the Earth's axis. Earth grew...
Shrinking moon may be causing moonquakes
NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted wrinkles and quakes on the moon, suggesting that our moon is slowly shrinking over time.
The moon is getting...
Martian full moon looks like candy
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, for the first time, has captured the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. The image is a kind...
How was the moon formed? Mystery solved
Although planets surround stars in the galaxy, how they form remains a subject of debate. Despite the wealth of worlds in our own solar...
The space rock collided with the Moon at 61,000 kilometres an hour
A total lunar eclipse occurred on January 21, 2019. The Moon was near its perigee on January 21 and as such can be described...
Researcher calculates temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure
Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist...
NASA spotted hopping liquid water on Moon’s surface
Earth’s Moon was once assumed to be a dry and dusty place, but over time that image has changed. But the Moon isn't nearly...
NASA mission reveals origins of Moon’s ‘Sunburn’
What happens when the Sun’s radiation hits our rocky moon, where there is no magnetic field to protect it.
Scientists used NASA's ARTEMIS mission and...
