Moon
Why Are Lunar Shadows So Dark?
[/caption] A lunar boulder catches the last edge of the setting sunlight in this image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Look, It’s a Moon Buggy! LRO’s Best Look Ever at the Apollo 15 Landing Site
[/caption] A new image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Narrow Angle Camera provides the most detailed orbital look ever at…
Pick Up Some Good Librations With This Stunning Moon Video
As the Moon orbits Earth, it rotates at such a rate as to keep the same face aiming our way...…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: March 5-11, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Our week begins with the dance of the planets and a gathering of asteroids. Keep watching…
A ‘Melted’ Moon Makes for Bad Future Landing Sites
[/caption] The miniature radio frequency (min-RF) radar instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is revealing some interesting things about…
Is There Life on Earth?
[/caption] It may seem like a silly question -- of course there's life on Earth -- but what if we…
Face-to-Face With Some Shattered Lunar Boulders
[/caption] Breaking up may be hard to do, but these two lunar boulders seem to have succeeded extremely well! Imaged…
A Weekend Sky Show: Moon, Venus and Jupiter
[/caption] As promised by Nancy in a previous article on Universe Today, Venus was visible during the daylight hours this…
If the Moon Currently has Liquid Magma, Why isn’t it Erupting?
[/caption] Last year, scientists took another look at the seismic data collected by Apollo era experiments and discovered that the…
A Mardi Gras Moon Crossing
[/caption] The Sun seems to be glowing in traditional Mardi Gras colors in this image, made from three AIA channels…