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Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a report from the European Space Agency (ESA): Last year, an approximately 60 meter near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in… Continue reading Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Not Impact the Moon
Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical oscillators are used in e.g. atomic clocks and many ultra-precise scientific measurements, such …read more Continue reading Creating an Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With a Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser
sciencehabit quotes a report from Science Magazine: For decades, planetary scientists have pored over a mystery hidden within the Moon rocks retrieved by Apollo astronauts in the 1960s and ’70s. Minerals in the rocks record the imprint of a magnetic fi… Continue reading Moon’s Ancient Magnetic Field May Have Flickered On and Off
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: NASA could launch four astronauts on a mission to fly around the moon as soon as March 6th. That’s the launch date (PDF) that the space agency is now working towards following a successful test fueling of i… Continue reading NASA Eyes March 6 To Launch 4 Astronauts To the Moon On Artemis II Mission
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 1966, a beach-ball-size robot bounced across the moon. Once it rolled to a stop, its four petal-like covers opened, exposing a camera that sent back the first picture taken on the surface of another world. This w… Continue reading Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found
“Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a ‘self-growing city’ on the moon,” reports Reuters, “which could be achieved in less than 10 years.”
SpaceX still intends to start on Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars… Continue reading SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar ‘Self-Growing City’ Over Mars Project, Musk Says
TechCrunch reports:
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism flights for “no less than two years” in order to focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon, the company announced Friday. The decision puts a tem… Continue reading Blue Origin Announces Two-Year Pause in Space Tourism – to Focus on the Moon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Universe Today: There’s a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the Moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relat… Continue reading Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:
Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study [published in … Continue reading Astronomers Finally Explain How Molecules From Earth’s Atmosphere Keep Winding Up On the Moon
“A mega rocket set to take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in decades is being taken to its launch pad,” the BBC reported this morning.
NASA is livestreaming their move of the 11-million-pound “stack” — which includes the Arte… Continue reading NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon