12 June 2019
Mysterious mass found under Moon's South Pole
... suggested another possible explanation; a concentration of dense oxides that formed in the final stages of cooling when the moon was covered in magma oceans billions of years ago. However, as reasonable as it might sound, even the researchers cannot...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
... entering a quasi-stationary orbit (QSO) around Mar’s moons and performing various observations as it circles overhead. A...operate the rover once it is safely ensconced on the Martian moon surface. JAXA is no stranger to sending spacecraft to other-...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... being sidelined and activities on or around the surface of the Moon that do not contribute to the goal of landing humans on ...in lunar orbit used as a platform for astronauts heading to the Moon and a key element of NASA's Artemis program – could be ...
30 March 2020
Study shows astronaut urine could help build moon bases
... Pilehvar at Østfold University College, Norway, used a 3D printer to manufacture various 'mud' cylinders made out of material similar to moon regolith. These were then tested against other plasticisers to see which could bear heavy weights shortly...
09 December 2020
SpaceIL announce Beresheet 2 will head to the Moon in 2024
... was still awarded a $1 million "Moonshot Award" by the X Prize Foundation in recognition of Beresheet touching the surface of the Moon. SpaceIL are also the recipients of a $1 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, who have contributed...
26 November 2021
A closer Moon could have helped the early habitability of our planet
... distribution which affected global albedo; albedo is the proportion of radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon. If, for example, the Earth was a giant snowball it would reflect most of the incoming light from the...
