Collaborate Disseminate
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
Japan-based Ispace confirmed its Resilience lander likely crashed during its second failed attempt at a lunar landing, after a sensor malfunction prevented proper deceleration. Despite the setback, the company remains committed to future missions, with… Continue reading Resilience Spacecraft Likely Crashed Into the Moon, Ispace Confirms
Some hacks just tickle the brain in a very particular way. They’re, for a change, not overly engineered; they’re just elegant, anachronistic, and full of mischief. That’s exactly what [Frans] …read more Continue reading Planetary Poetry with a Tiny Digital Core
We love clocks, but we especially love unusual timepieces that aren’t just about showing the hour of the day. [Simone Giertz] built a flip clock moon phase tracker for a …read more Continue reading Moon Phase Flip Clock is Fantastic
“Future moon astronauts may find water more accessible than previously thought,” writes Space.com, citing a new NASA-led experiment:
Because the moon lacks a magnetic field like Earth’s, the barren lunar surface is constantly bombarded by energetic pa… Continue reading Can Solar Wind Make Water on the Moon? A NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: German public news outlet Tagesschau reports (source: YouTube) on an ESA video game that helps train a future moon lander’s guidance AI to spot craters. Games have already helped collect visual data on millions… Continue reading ESA Video Game Trains AI To Recognize Craters On the Moon