lunar ice

A New Rover Design Could Crawl Across the Moon for Decades Harvesting Water

We have known that water ice exists on the Moon since 1998. These large deposits are found in the permanently…

3 months ago

A new way to Peer Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon, Searching for Deposits of Water ice

Not all flashlights are created equal. Some are stronger, consume more power, or have features such as blinking or strobes.…

2 years ago

NASA Announces 14 New “Tipping Point” Technologies for its Lunar Exploration

NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay…

4 years ago

NASA Has a New Challenge to Bring Frozen Samples of the Moon Back to Earth

The NASA Lunar Deep Freeze Challenge is looking for innovative ideas on how to bring back ice samples from the…

4 years ago

Artemis Missions Should Bring Ice Home From the Moon Too

In a recent white paper, a team of scientists proposed that NASA's Artemis astronauts should also bring back samples of…

4 years ago

There May be Thick Ice Deposits on the Moon and Mercury

According to a new analysis of LRO and MESSENGER data, the ice deposits on the Moon and Mercury could be…

5 years ago

Dust off Your Lunar Colony Plans. There’s Definitely Ice at the Moon’s Poles.

A team of American scientists have found the first definitive evidence of water on the Moon, which makes plans for…

6 years ago

More Surface Ice on Mercury than Previously Thought, says New Study

A new study from Brown University reveals that there may be a lot more surface ice on Mercury than previously…

7 years ago

Good News for Future Moon Bases. There’s Water Inside the Moon

A new study by a team from Brown University has revealed evidence of widespread water on the lunar surface, which…

7 years ago

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: November 19-25, 2012

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's going to be a great week to study the Moon - and bright Jupiter is just…

12 years ago