Japanese spacecraft reaches moon’s orbit, beams back images
[ad_1] After more than three months of whizzing through space, Japan's lunar lander arrived at the moon on Christmas.The Japan...
Saturn once again reigns supreme with most moons
[ad_1] Jupiter briefly stole the limelight in February when new research revealed the planet had so many more moons than...
A YouTuber just uncovered the American Sailor Moon’s first episode
[ad_1] The decades-long search for the American version of Sailor Moon has finally come to an end. Ray Mona, a...
Secrets of the Moon’s Permanent Shadows Are Coming to Light
[ad_1] On the eve of this new era of moon landings, a slew of fresh studies of PSRs have revealed...
Scientists think there could be alien life on one of Jupiter’s moons
[ad_1] There’s two things you should know about Jupiter. First, it would be one helluva planet to live on if...
Why are stars and moons round? And comets and asteroids… not?
[ad_1] I’m puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects...
Don’t be dull, NASA — let us explore some strange space moons
[ad_1] It’s been 30 years since Nasa last visited Venus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, two new missions have been selected to...
ESA is developing an autonomous robot to explore the Moon’s caves
[ad_1] Humans aspired to colonize the Moon for centuries, but the celestial body has an extremely hostile environment. The safest...
Why the moon’s early magnetic field might be responsible for life on earth
[ad_1] The habitability of a planet depends on many factors. One is the existence of a strong and long-lived magnetic...
The Moon’s surface is rusting — and Earth may be to blame
[ad_1] Oh, hiding away, eh? The solar wind delivers hydrogen, usually discouraging the oxidation of iron into hematite on the...