Moon
Red Moon, Red Planet
[/caption] In this season of Christmas tidings, many of us were blessed to witness the eerie Red Moon of the…
An Unusual Look at the Moon’s South Pole
[/caption] No, this is not a wheel of moldy Swiss Cheese. It’s an illumination map of the South Pole of…
Lunar Dust Transport Still a Mystery
[/caption] There are times when Moon appears to have a tenuous atmosphere of moving dust particles that are leaping up…
The Moon Helps Radio Astronomers Search for Neutrinos
[/caption] From an NRAO press release: Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space, a team of…
Cassini visits Enceladus – SpacePod 2010.11.30
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is doing some awesome stuff. Stay tuned to NASA’s twitter feed Space Cadets, today should be interesting.…
Moon’s Mini-Magnetosphere
Many objects in the solar system have strong magnetic fields which deflect the charged particles of the solar wind, creating…
Cool Chang’E 2 Videos
Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society blog unearthed some really cool videos taken by the Chinese Chang'E 2 spacecraft at…
Europa’s Tidal Processes Give Hints to Our Moon’s Far-side Bulge
[/caption] A self-conscious Moon might ask, “Does my far side look big?” To which lunar scientists would have to reply…
First Images From Chang’E 2 Released
[/caption] China’s space agency released the first images taken by the newest lunar orbiter, Chang’E 2. “The relaying back of…
Two New Kinds of Moon Rocks Found
[/caption] Scientists analyzing data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument or M Cubed, on the Chandrayann-1 spacecraft found two different…