Astronomers make high-res topographical map of Moon
Astronomers from the Arizona State University have used NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) this mind blowing map of the Moon; ...
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The past and future of space exploration at the ‘Beyond Planet Earth’ exhibit
The Vostok capsule, in which Yuri Gagarin embarked on April 12, 1961 to become the first person in space. This ...
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa said to foster life in its oceans – NASA live transmission
Europa, the icy satellite of Jupiter, is covered in a thick crust of scarred and cross-hatched ice. Missions to Europa, ...
China’s first ever space docking mission set for today
In just a few hours, at 5 p.m. EDT, China will make another giant leap forward in its ever ambitious space ...
Mining the moon: an entrepreneur’s vision
While the Earth is steadily being depleted of its natural resources, it might become imperative to look to the sky ...
Russia wants to build a base in the Moon’s underground tunnels
Back in 2008, the Japanese Kaguya spacecraft made a fascinating discovery when it found a metres-deep cave in the Sea of ...
Pluto gets a new moonand still isn’t a planet
All eyes seem to be pointed on Jupiter and Mars these days, with NASA probes being planned for both of ...
Hubble discoveres new moon around Pluto
Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto via the famous Hubble telescope, NASA announced this Wednesday. Some of you ...
Incredible picture of the red Moon during the eclipse (with explanation)
Photo by NASA. I sure hope everybody knows what an eclipse is and there's no need to pass through that ...
The moon’s interior is wet, amazing new study shows
Two years ago, NASA's LCROSS probe was looking for signs of water when it smashed into Cabeus crater at the ...
Woman busted for trying to sell ‘moon rock’ for 1.7 million$
A recent NASA operation (who knew they do this stuff ?) busted a woman who was trying to sell ...
Government officials introduce bill directing NASA to build a moon base
In what can be considered a highly ambitious project, but quite highly unlikely to get passed bill, Rep. Bill Posey, ...
‘Supermoon’ spectacle will lightup the sky on Saturday night
Romantics and astronomy aficionados alike (much of the same aren't they?) will rejoice as this Saturday a rare spectacle of ...
New footage of Moon Landing found
A long lost footage of the best minutes of the moon landing (Neil Armstrong going down the ladder) has been ...
Japan plans a Moon base by 2020, built by the robots, for the robots
While America seems to have delayed it's Moon base ambitions, Japan seems to have no such plans; according to their ...
Saturn’s moon full of geysers
There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...
Water and fog found on Titan, Saturn’s moon
As I was writing in a previous post, Titan is quite unique, in that aside from our planet it's the ...
A 400 year old Moon map corrects history, making Galileo Galilei a runner up
As we learn (or at least should) at quite an early age, Galileo Galilei had quite the impact on science, ...
Moon did hold water
Scientists have believed for years that the moon doesn't have water, only to find that its interior proved them wrong, ...
New Luminous Spots Found On Jupiter
Scientists from the American Geophysical Union published some fascinating findings concerning some unexpected luminous spots on Jupiter caused by its ...
