Moon
Crashing Into the Moon… On Purpose
It might sound hard to believe, but dozens of spacecraft have crashed themselves onto the surface of the Moon. All…
No, Mars Won’t Look as Big as the Moon in August
Have you gotten a copy of the email yet? If you haven't, you probably will. Forwarded from a friend, forwarded…
Gassendi Crater on the Moon
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft captured this image of crater Gassendi on the Moon. The spacecraft's advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) captured…
Strange Lunar Swirls
Point your telescope at the Moon, and you might see features known as Lunar Swirls. These flat features look like…
SMART-1 Prepares for the End
ESA's SMART-1 has been orbiting the Moon for 16 months, but it's out of fuel, so its life is almost…
Meteoroid Strike on the Moon
NASA researchers fortunate enough to be recording the Moon through a 10" telescope equipped with a video camera when they…
Central Peaks of Zucchius Crater
Crater Zucchius captured by SMART-1. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge This is a photograph of the central peaks of…
Air From Moonrocks
A focusing lens to produce oxygen and slug from a vacuum moondust filled chamber. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge…
Crater Hopmann by SMART-1
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft captured this photograph of Crater Hopmann, located on the Moon. Only a quarter of the full crater…
New Spacecraft Will Search for Lunar Ice
An artist's conception of LRO on its way to the moon. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge NASA announced a…