‘Turn Elon Musk lemons into lemonade’: SpaceX moon crash highlights debris threat for Australia
A hefty chunk of rocket crashing into the moon at seven times the speed of sound has driven…
NASA Backs Wild Plan for a Laser-Powered Drone to Explore Giant Caves Below the Moon’s Surface
Just under the surface of the Moon, subterranean caverns stretch out thousands of feet (hundreds of meters) in…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage set to crash into Moon and carve new crater
A rare collision that will leave behind a new crater is expected on Wednesday, when a massive piece…
Why most scientists don’t want us to believe in life on Mars
‘Is there life on Mars?,’ asked David Bowie, and would not stay for an answer. The astrobiologist Steven…
Buck moon 2026: When and how to see it across Australia
A “buck moon” this coming Thursday night will be bright enough to outshine two meteor showers, making an…
China Prepares Its First Asteroid Landing on Earth’s Quasi-Moon
A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away…
Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher
During a recent field test in the Colorado desert, a four-wheeled rover traveled across 16 miles (25 kilometers)…
Why does one side of the Moon have a lot of craters, while the other does not?
Back to Article List It’s possible the Earth-facing side got more large impact basins than the farside in…
Two Years Later, We’re Finally Learning How a Transformers-Inspired Rover Fared on the Moon
On January 19, 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon and unfurled itself into…
Tonight’s full moon is a blue moon and a micromoon. Here’s why it’s rare
Tonight’s full moon will mark a rare occasion. It will be both a micromoon as well as a…
China launches Shenzhou-23 astronauts into space amid new race to Moon
China has launched three astronauts into space as part of efforts towards its goal of landing a crew…
Lasers in moon craters could create a lunar GPS system
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