Moon
Hardy Tardigrades on Board Israel’s Beresheet Lander Probably Survived the Crash
When SpaceIL's Beresheet lander crashed into the Moon, it was a bitter-sweet moment for Israel's space exploration aspirations. The privately-built…
The Moon is Older Than Scientists Thought
The most comprehensive and widely-held theory of how the Moon formed is called the 'giant impact hypothesis.' That hypothesis shows…
Toyota is Building a Pressurized Lunar Rover for Japan
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is teaming up with the nation's largest company to build a lunar rover. Toyota,…
India’s Chandrayaan-2 is Heading to the Moon
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) has successfully launched their Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon. The mission, which includes an orbiter,…
That Explains a Lot. The Moon’s Largest Crater has a Chunk of Metal Embedded in it That’s 5 Times Bigger than the Big Island of Hawaii
One of the largest craters in the Solar System is on our Moon. It's called the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin…
LEGO’s New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released
The 50th anniversary of You-Know-What is coming up and LEGO is getting in on the celebration. The much-beloved company has…
The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth
Scientists at the University of Munster have discovered that Earth got its water from a collision with Theia. Theia was…
Here’s Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon
The Beresheet lander came oh-so-close to touching down on the surface of the Moon, but something went wrong and it…
NASA’s 2024 Moon Mission is called Artemis, and Will Need an Additional $1.6 Billion in Funding
The Moon's going to have more human visitors in the year 2024. NASA has announced that their mission to the…
The Blue Origins Founder Wants to Get to the Moon by 2024
Blue Origin is going to the Moon. In an hour-long presentation in Washington DC on May 9th, Jeff Bezos spelled…