What it would take to discover life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an ...
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Phantoms return from beyond the Moon with valuable data on cosmic radiation doses
Together with the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis I mission, as part of the MARE experiment, two human phantoms equipped ...
NASA telescope, moon rocket named TIME Inventions of 2022
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were named 2022 TIME Inventions of the Year. NASA led ...
“I’ll pay later!” – People promise the stars and moon to charities, but donations remain unsent
Small groups of volunteers ring doorbells year round to raise money for an array of causes. Many organisations and interest ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of Earth, Moon ahead of gravity assist
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured an image of the Earth on Oct 15, 2022, and an image of the Earth and ...
Chang’E-5 samples reveal how young volcanism occurred on the Moon
A new study led by Prof. CHEN Yi from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of ...
Giant impact could have formed the Moon more rapidly, scientists reveal in new simulations
-With graphics- Scientists from Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an ...
Lunar glass shows Moon asteroid impacts mirrored on Earth
A Curtin-led research team has found asteroid impacts on the Moon millions of years ago coincided precisely with some of ...
Join the challenge to explore the Moon!
Lunar enthusiasts of all ages are challenged to help identify features on the Moon that might pose a hazard to ...
Four-legged jumping robots LEAP to explore the Moon
A four-legged robot trained through artificial intelligence has learned the same lesson as the Apollo astronauts – that jumping can ...
Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon
Swirling around the planet’s equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a ...
Building on the moon and Mars? You’ll need extraterrestrial cement for that
Sustained space exploration will require infrastructure that doesn’t currently exist: buildings, housing, rocket landing pads. Credit: Photo illustrations by Jeffrey ...
UCLA scientists discover places on the moon where it’s always ‘sweater weather’
Future human explorers on the moon might have 99 problems but staying warm or cool won’t be one. A team ...
New method to map the surface of the moon increases accuracy to unprecedented levels
Topography: The surface of the moon and rocky planets, Mars in particular, are of huge interest to anyone trying to ...
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spots rocket impact site on moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA's Lunar ...
SwRI scientists map sulfur residue on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
SAN ANTONIO — June 22, 2022 — A Southwest Research Institute-led team used the Hubble Space Telescope to observe Jupiter’s ...
China’s lunar lander finds evidence of native water on moon
Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum, an ancient mare basalt whose name translates to "Ocean of Storms," may be able ...
A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
GAINESVILLE, FLA. -- Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone ...
Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers ...
Jupiter’s moon has splendid dunes
Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen ...