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In a scary first, scientists have discovered a 2021 solar eruption so large that it was, for the first time, detected simultaneously on Earth, the Moon, and Mars, highlighting the radiation dangers posed by such events to deep space travelers.Continue … Continue reading Supersized solar eruption detected on Earth, the Moon, and Mars
Not satisfied with sending rovers to other worlds one at a time, NASA is sending three miniature robots to the Moon in 2024 as part of the Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) project. The goal is to see how such explorers can… Continue reading NASA to set a CADRE of autonomous rovers loose on the Moon
“NASA took a significant step Tuesday toward allowing humans on the moon to ‘live off the land,'” reports the Washington Post.
NASA awarded several contracts “to build landing pads, roads and habitats on the lunar surface, use nuclear power for energy… Continue reading NASA Funds Moon Projects to Help Astronauts ‘Live off the Land’
With the aim of allowing astronauts to live off the land as much as possible when they return to the Moon, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a US$35-million Tipping Point contract to develop the company’s Blue Alchemist process to make solar cells out of lu… Continue reading Blue Alchemist to make solar cells on the Moon using moondust
According to a study by Astrostrom for ESA, future Moon bases could be powered by a giant space butterfly called the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GEO-LPS) covered with solar panels made from lunar materials beaming microwaves to the surface.Conti… Continue reading Solar space butterfly could power lunar outposts around the clock
If you’ve ever felt like you need more hours in the day, well how does 60 sound? A new study suggests we’d have 60-hour days by now if a stalemate between the Sun and Moon hadn’t interfered with Earth’s rotation for over a billion years.Continue Readin… Continue reading Billion-year conspiracy between Sun and Moon prevented 60-hour days
Wikipedia notes that “Today, the Moon has no active volcanoes even though a significant amount of magma may persist under the lunar surface.”
But this week the New York Times reports that “The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon’s far side r… Continue reading Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon’s Far Side
An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, the country’s space agency said. From a report: Chandrayaan-3, the wor… Continue reading India Launches a Lander and Rover To Explore the Moon’s South Pole
Popular Science describes how NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will use a pair of ramps to become the first rover to explore the Moon’s south pole when it arrives in late 2024. From the report: “We all know how to work wit… Continue reading NASA’s VIPER Rover Will Be the First To Cruise the Moon’s South Pole
Using microwave instruments to peer deep beneath the surface of the far side of the Moon, researchers have detected a ‘hotspot’ they say is a large subsurface granite mass, suggesting the Moon is more “Earth-like” than we thought.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Granite discovery suggests Moon is more “Earth-like” than we thought