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NASA Mission Returns First Video from Moon's Far Side
A camera aboard one of
NASA's twin Gravity Recovery
And Interior Laboratory
(GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has
returned its first unique
view of the far side of the
... > full story
Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
A potent follow-up solar
flare, which occurred Jan.
17, 2012, just days after
the Sun launched the biggest
coronal mass ejection seen
in nearly a decade,
... > full story
Moon-Walk Mineral Discovered in Western Australia
The last mineral thought to
have been unique to the Moon
has been discovered in the
remote Pilbara region of
Western Australia. ... > full story
Dark Side of the Moon Revealed: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Reveals Lunar Surface Features
New maps produced by the
Lyman Alpha Mapping Project
aboard NASA's Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter
reveal features at the
... > full story
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Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft
January 18, 2012 — Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was ... > full story -
NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit
January 1, 2012 — The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and ... > full story -
First of NASA's GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit
December 31, 2011 — The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar ... > full story -
Solar Storms Could Sandblast the Moon
December 7, 2011 — Solar storms and associated Coronal Mass Ejections can significantly erode the lunar surface according to a new set of computer simulations by NASA scientists. In addition to removing a surprisingly ... > full story -
NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
November 21, 2011 — NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in ... > full story -
Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System?
November 10, 2011 — Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to a new ... > full story -
Ancient Lunar Dynamo May Explain Magnetized Moon Rocks
November 9, 2011 — The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a novel ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar System
October 19, 2011 — NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system. The downpour resembles our own solar system several billion years ago during a period known as ... > full story -
NASA's Moon Twins Going Their Own Way
October 7, 2011 — NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-B spacecraft successfully executed its first flight path correction maneuver Wednesday, Oct. 5. The rocket burn helped refine the spacecraft's ... > full story -
Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves
October 7, 2011 — A map of the Moon combining observations in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths shows a treasure trove of areas rich in Titanium ores. Not only is titanium a valuable element, it is key to helping ... > full story
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