Nasa is looking for private companies to help mine the moon0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2020
The agency announced it is buying lunar soil from a commercial provider as part of a technology development program
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Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2020
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon.
This week’s full moon happens only once every 3 years0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2020
September’s full moon sets the stage for a Halloween blue moon.
Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
The international journal Earth-Science Reviews published a paper offering an overview of the lava tubes (pyroducts) on Earth, eventually providing an estimate of the (greater) size of their lunar and Martian counterparts.
The moon is 85 million years younger than previously thought0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 16, 2020
It turns out the moon is a little younger than scientists previously thought — about 85 million years younger, to be precise.
Weird green gel-like substance found on the moon finally identified0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 9, 2020
No, it’s not space snot.
There’s more metal on the moon than we thought0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 8, 2020
Earth’s moon is more metal than scientists imagined.
Strawberry Moon lunar eclipse of 2020 occurs today. Here’s what to expect.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2020
Sharp-eyed skywatchers in parts of the world may be able to catch a slight lunar eclipse today (June 5) as Earth embarks on a new “eclipse season,” although North American viewers will be out of luck
Nasa space treaty to allow establishment of lunar ‘safety zones’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 22, 2020
US accused by Russia of trying to circumvent 1967 treaty banning ownership of areas of the moon
Giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the Moon’s crust, new evidence shows0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2020
New research published today in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction may have also contributed to the formation of the Moon’s surface.
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