Moon
Japan’s Lunar Lander Survives its Third Lunar Night
Space travel and exploration was never going to be easy. Failures are sadly all too common but it's wonderful to…
Here’s Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon
Scientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers have been hungering for better detectors. But…
There are Four Ways to Build with Regolith on the Moon
Over the last few years I have been renovating my home. Building on Earth seems to be a fairly well…
Artemis Astronauts Will Deploy New Seismometers on the Moon
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Apollo astronauts set up a collection of lunar seismometers to detect possible Moon quakes.…
The Solar Eclipse Like We’ve Never Seen it Before
You had to be in the right part of North America to get a great view of the recent solar…
NASA is Building an Electrodynamic Shield to Deal with all that Dust on the Moon and Mars
Exploration of the Moon or other dusty environments comes with challenges. The lunar surface is covered in material known as…
Wireless Power Transmission Could Enable Exploration of the Far Side of the Moon
How can future lunar exploration communicate from the far side of the Moon despite never being inline with the Earth?…
Finally, an Explanation for the Moon’s Radically Different Hemispheres
Pink Floyd was wrong, there is no dark side to the Moon. There is however, a far side. The tidal…
US Satellite Photographs a South Korean Satellite from Lunar Orbit
In 2009, NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO.) Its ongoing mission is to map the lunar surface in detail,…
Here's the Total Solar Eclipse, Seen From Space
On Monday, April 8th, people across North America witnessed a rare celestial event known as a total solar eclipse. This…