Researchers hope their proposal of declaring a new geological era on the moon — the Lunar Anthropocene — will encourage discussion around human impact and help preserve important cultural artifacts ...
On September 23, 2025, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX successfully used an Earth flyby to slingshot toward its target: potentially ...
Oxygen ion irradiation from Earth's wind drives oxide formation on the lunar surface, causing the Moon to oxidize due to the ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft has captured breathtaking images of Earth as it passed by the planet on September 23, 2025, ...
As part of this move, Duffy asked NASA’s current lunar lander contractors, SpaceX and Blue Origin, for more nimble plans. Neither has specified those plans publicly, but a recent update from SpaceX ...
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International Observe the Moon Night 2025 is upon us! Here's what to look for when the lunar disk rises above the eastern horizon on Oct. 4. Each year NASA teams up with a host of international ...
Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Shadow on the Moon's Surface Firefly Aerospace With the arrival of the Blue Ghost lander on the moon this weekend, get ready for an influx of stunning new images from our planet ...
It's the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private company. The Odysseus lander took off from Cape Canaveral last week and made it to the ...
The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...
Close-up view of astronaut's footprint in lunar soil. A new geological epoch has begun on the moon, which reflects the fact that humans are now the biggest influence on the lunar surface, a group of ...