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Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon – the technology used will lend itself to future lunar missions
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft…
New Study Challenges Existence of Exomoons Orbiting Distant Planets
At a Glance Scientists have long speculated that planets in distant star systems may have moons similar to…
Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it
The stark landscape of the Moon as viewed by the Apollo 12 astronauts on their return to Earth.…
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the most expensive materials used in science
Meteorites can get pricey, but they’re not the most expensive material. AP Photo/Thibault Camus Chris Impey, University of…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon − a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the Moon
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the south pole of the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023, sparking…
How should a robot explore the Moon? A simple question shows the limits of current AI systems
University of Alberta Sally Cripps, University of Technology Sydney; Alex Fischer, Australian National University; Edward Santow, University of…
Astronomers Confirm the Existence of Earth’s “Quasi-Moon”
Astronomers have identified Earth’s new ancient celestial companion, asteroid 2023 FW13. This asteroid orbits the sun synchronously with…
Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?
NASA Advanced Concepts Laboratory Aaron Tang, Australian National University A group of US scientists this week proposed an…
Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth
A new view of Earth and its place. NASA Alice Gorman, Flinders University A photograph taken by NASA’s…
Artemis: Why It May Be the Last Mission For NASA Astronauts
A camera mounted on the tip of one of the Orion capsule’s solar array wings captured this footage…