NASA’s Blue Ghost mission will deploy ten advanced scientific instruments to the Moon, testing technologies for regolith ...

Can a global pandemic affect temperatures on the Moon? A 2024 study linked worldwide lockdowns with a drop in heat radiation reaching the Moon from Earth – but now scientists say that wasn't actually ...

The lunar space station will be about 1,000 times ... The biggest comfort Gateway astronauts will need is radiation shielding. Stay close to home, and Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

A groundbreaking discovery has revealed an unexplained heat source on the Moon’s far side. Linked to an enormous granite deposit, this thermal anomaly challenges our understanding of lunar geology and ...

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice.

Jan. 10, 2025 — Radiation testing suggests that solar cells ... Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate ...

which has been circling the moon since 2009. The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region, including the basin and its surroundings. The measurements showed these two canyons were ...

This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts. And ...