Moon
Fifth Moon Found Around Pluto
This just in! Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a new moon around distant Pluto, bringing the…
Surprising Swirls Above Titan’s South Pole
Thanks to Cassini's new vantage point granted by its inclined orbit researchers have gotten a new look at the south…
Kickstart Your DNA (And a Rover) To The Moon!
Omega Envoy, the non-profit research lab Earthrise Space, Inc.'s team competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, has launched a…
An Epic Crater Called Odysseus
On June 28 NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that's made almost entirely…
Rivers of Rock
The Moon may not have ever had liquid water on its surface -- despite the use of the term mare,…
Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater
Shackleton crater on the Moon’s south pole has been somewhat of an enigma, as its permanently shadowed interior has made…
Is It Time to Return to the Moon?
Humans haven't set foot on the Moon -- or any other world outside of our own, for that matter --…
On the Edge of Titan
[/caption] Here's a quick look at one of my favorite cosmic photo subjects - the varying layers of atmosphere that…
Timelapse of a Moonrise as Seen from the ISS
Astronaut Don Pettit continues to 'wow' us all with his photographic exploits. In this great timelapse video, not only does…
The Moon Affects the Solar Wind
[/caption] From a NASA press release: With the Moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a…