Moon
Gigapan the Apollo Landing Sites
[/caption] If you haven't had enough Apollo yet, this is like a firehose of image goodness. Gigapan and NASA Ames…
Company Looks to Etch Advertising on the Moon
A new company is looking to sell advertising on the Moon. No, not with giant billboards, but by a new…
Apollo Landing Sites Pose a Threat to LRO Instrument
[/caption] The recent images released by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo landing sites are truly remarkable. But there…
Weight on Other Planets
[/caption] Many children, and even adults, dream of visiting other planets and wonder what it would be like to stand…
Land on the Moon in Google Earth
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Google has launched a new feature: the Moon in…
Plane of the Ecliptic
[/caption] Plane of the ecliptic, also known as the ecliptic plane, is a phrase you will often hear in astronomy.…
LRO Images Apollo Landing Sites (w00t!)
[/caption] As anticipated, NASA released images of the Apollo landing sites taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The pictures…
First Conclusive Signature for Lunar Uranium
[/caption] Using data obtained from the gamma ray spectrometer on the Kaguya spacecraft scientists have found signatures of uranium, an…
Watch Live Streaming Video From LCROSS Lunar Swingby Tuesday
[/caption] On Tuesday morning, the LCROSS spacecraft will fly by the Moon only 9,000 km above the lunar surface and…
NASA IBEX Spacecraft Detects Neutral Hydrogen Bouncing Off Moon
[/caption] NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon,…