Moon

Artemis Missions Could Put the most Powerful imaging Telescope on the Moon

Ground-based interferometry on Earth has proven to be a successful method for conducting science by combining light from several telescopes…

2 months ago

A Review of Humanity’s Planned Expansion Between the Earth and the Moon

Between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the Moon, there is a region of space measuring 384,400 km (238,855 mi) wide…

2 months ago

JAXA Officially Wraps Up its SLIM Lander Mission

On January 20th, 2024, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)…

2 months ago

Chinese Researchers Devise New Strategy for Producing Water on the Moon

In the coming years, China and Roscosmos plan to create the International Lunar Research PStation (ILRSP), a permanent base in…

2 months ago

China Proposes Magnetic Launch System for Sending Resources Back to Earth

In his famous novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein describes a future lunar settlement where future…

2 months ago

What Time is it on the Moon? Lunar GPS Needs to Know

GPS is ubiquitous on Earth. It guides everything from precision surveying to aircraft navigation. To realize our vision of lunar…

3 months ago

NASA is Looking for a Commercial Partner to Save VIPER

Space exploration has led the world in that wonderful human ability to co-operate, alas history shows we don’t do it…

3 months ago

The Moon’s Atmosphere Comes from Space Weathering

How do you get an atmosphere at a world that doesn't have one and can't keep one? If it's the…

3 months ago

China's Lunar Samples Contain Graphene Flakes

In 2004, scientists at the University of Manchester first isolated and investigated graphene, the supermaterial composed of single-layer carbon atoms…

3 months ago

Scientists Want to Use the Moon to Safeguard Earth’s Biodiversity

There's something wrong with us. We've risen to prominence on a world that's positively "rippling with life," as Carl Sagan…

3 months ago