Japanese Spacecraft Finds Uranium on the Moon

The Japanese Kaguya spacecraft, launched in 2007, transmitted back readings that confirmed the presence of the rare chemical uranium on the surface of the Moon. For the first time, astronomers and astrophysicists have definitive proof that an energy source for a future lunar base is readily a... [ read more >> ]

Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity by exposing a photographic plate to uranium in 1896

Image comment: Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity by exposing a photographic plate to uranium in 1896
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Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity by exposing a photographic plate to uranium in 1896