Moon

Earth’s Other Moons

[/caption] In the fall of 2006, observers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona found an object orbiting the Earth.…

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Russian Lunar Exploration Program at Full Speed, Despite Failure of Mars Moon Probe

[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…

13 years ago

Documentary: A Look Back at the Apollo Missions

If you've got a spare 45 minutes and want to take a look back at the Apollo missions to the…

13 years ago

Wonderful Ice Halos

[/caption] Have you ever seen a large ghostly disc around the Moon on a cool, calm, hazy night? If so,…

13 years ago

The Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Last Moonwalk

[/caption] On December 13, 1972, Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt…

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A Blood-Red Moon

[/caption] Photographer Joseph Brimacombe created this stunning image of a ruddy Moon made during the total lunar eclipse of December…

13 years ago

Enceladus Gives Cassini Some Radar Love

[/caption] Cassini's done it again! Soaring over Saturn's moon Enceladus back on November 6, the spacecraft obtained the highest-resolution images…

13 years ago

Life on Alien Planets May Not Require a Large Moon After All

[/caption] Ever since a study conducted back in 1993, it has been proposed that in order for a planet to…

13 years ago

Consolation Prize for Phobos-Grunt? Experts Consider Possibilities for Sending Spacecraft to Moon or Asteroid

[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…

13 years ago

Do-It-Yourself Guide to Measuring the Moon’s Distance

[/caption] When the distance from the Earth to the Moon comes up, the common figure thrown around is 402,336 km…

13 years ago