Collaborate Disseminate
The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Nature: Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into hematite, also known as rust. The discovery adds to researchers’ growing understanding of the d… Continue reading The Moon is Rusting – Thanks To ‘Wind’ Blown All the Way From Earth
“Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth,” reports CNN, “and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research.”
The newly discovered celestial object, named 202… Continue reading Astronomers Discover Previously Unknown Quasi-Moon Near Earth
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spendin… Continue reading Interlune Signs $300M Deal to Harvest Helium-3 for Quantum Computing from the Moon
Two weeks ago, it was holographic cops. This week, it’s humanoid robot doctors. Or is it? We’re pretty sure it’s not, as MediBot, supposedly a $10,000 medical robot from Tesla, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 7, 2025
Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960s, TV had already become the “vast wasteland” predicted almost a decade earlier by …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Exploring the Moon on Surveyor 1
Remember asteroid 2024 YR4 (which at one point had a 1 in 32 chance of hitting Earth, before ending up at “impact probability zero”)? CNN reports that asteroid is now “zooming beyond the reach of telescopes on its orbit around the sun.”
“But as scien… Continue reading Asteroid 2024 YR4 Spared The Earth. What Happens if It Hits the Moon Instead in 2032?
After the fire and fury of liftoff, when a spacecraft is sailing silently through space, you could be forgiven for thinking the hard part of the mission is over. After …read more Continue reading The Fight to Save Lunar Trailblazer
An anonymous reader shared this report from Cosmos magazine about a plan to “pick up those faint signals from billions of years ago.”
Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for “ancient whispers… Continue reading Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves
An anonymous reader shared this report from Cosmos magazine about a plan to “pick up those faint signals from billions of years ago.”
Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for “ancient whispers… Continue reading Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves
“When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity,” writes ScienceDaily.
These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, formed billions of years … Continue reading Tiny Orange Beads Found By Apollo Astronauts Reveal Moon’s Volcanic Past