moon

Apollo-era moonquakes reveal that the moon may be tectonically active 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 13, 2019
Scientists linked the seismic recordings with a NASA orbiter’s data on surface faults

By David Aragorn
Magma is the key to the moon’s makeup 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2019
For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how Earth’s moon formed. But researchers at Yale and in Japan say they may have the answer.

By David Aragorn
Meteoroid strikes eject precious water from moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2019
Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short-lived water vapor.

By David Aragorn
Calculating temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 4, 2019
Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who conducted experiments that enabled her to determine the temperature at the boundary of the Moon’s core and mantle.

By David Aragorn
The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 29, 2019
We’ll need more money, more time, or both.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Detects Migrating Water on Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2019
Using data from the LAMP (Lyman Alpha Mapping Project) instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary researchers have observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon.

By David Aragorn
China shares stunning new moon photos with the world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2019
China has released hundreds of images of the moon, taken by its Chang’e 3 lander and its companion rover, Yutu. It’s been 50 years since the first lunar photos were taken by astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. China is the third nation to land on the Moon, with the USA and the USSR preceding them.

By David Aragorn
Moon Mining Could Actually Work, with the Right Approach 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2019
Earth’s moon taunts. A growing chorus of experts views this “eighth continent” as a nearby world of natural resources sitting there at the edge of Earth’s gravity well, ready for the picking.

By David Aragorn
MOLTEN SNOW MOON 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- February 21, 2019
According to folklore, last night’s full Moon was the “Snow Moon.”

By David Aragorn
Where is Earth’s submoon?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2019
Planets orbit stars and moons orbit planets, so it was natural to ask if smaller moons could orbit larger ones

By David Aragorn