Moon
The most detailed map of the moon’s geology ever
To summarize the current state of lunar geologic knowledge, the US Geologic Survey has created one of the most detailed maps of the Moon....
Astronaut’s urine can be used to build moon bases
To develop material for lunar construction, it is significant to reduce the weight of material that has to be brought in from Earth. Also,...
Days on earth were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago
How long was a day on Earth? Or, more specifically, how long did it take for the Earth to turn once on its axis?
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Safety zone saves giant moons from a fatal plunge
A few components have been proposed to clarify the formation process of satellite systems, and moderately massive moons are believed to be born in...
Earth has acquired a second ‘mini-moon’
On the night of Feb. 15, 2020, astronomers Kacper Wierzchos and Teddy Pruyne at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spotted a 20th...
Chang’E-4 LPR unveiled the Moon’s farside shallow subsurface structure
China's spacecraft Chang'E-4 (CE-4) landed on the eastern floor of the Van Kármán crater, near the Moon's south pole, on Jan. 3, 2019. After...
Scientists are making oxygen from moon dust
ESA’s technical heart has begun to produce oxygen out of simulated moondust.
Pinning down the timing of lunar dynamo’s demise
Findings suggest the moon’s magnetic field was produced by the fallout of a crystallizing iron core.
NASA’s LRO found Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander on the moon
The image shows the Vikram Lander impact point.
Two of the Neptune’s moons dancing around each other
Even by the wild standards of the outer solar system, the strange orbits that carry Neptune's two innermost moons are unprecedented.
Chandrayaan-2 captured 3D image of the crater on the moon
A fresh 3-D photo of an impact crater on the moon’s surface.
ISRO shared first illuminated image of lunar surface
Preliminary analysis of Chnadrayyan-2 imaging infrared spectrometer (IIRS) data.