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On Friday, October 7, scientists Mark Robinson and Brett Denevi held a presentation at the joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences, revealing the presence of vast titanium deposits on the Moon.
The discovery was made usi... |
8 October 2011
04:33 GMT |
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) mission controllers announce that both spacecraft in the American space agency's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) have successfully completed the first flight path correction maneuvers in their long trek to the Moon.
Apollo astronauts made their way to Eart... |
7 October 2011
03:46 GMT |
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In a paper published in the September 14 issue of the esteemed journal Geophysical Research Letters, investigators at the National Central University in Taiwan explained how the shadow the Moon casts on Earth produces atmospheric waves that travel at high speeds above the planet.
The NCU investigators determined ... |
4 October 2011
17:01 GMT |
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Students in the United States have been called upon by the American space agency to come up with a new name for the twin probes currently heading towards the Moon. At this time, the endeavor is known only by its NASA designation, GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory).
The mission features two identical,... |
4 October 2011
01:48 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the University of Zürich, in Switzerland, working together with colleagues at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, recently determined that as many as 1 in 12 terrestrial extrasolar planets may harbor a Moon-like natural satellite. UZ experts Sebastian El... |
19 September 2011
11:04 GMT |
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The twin spacecraft making up the GRAIL mission successfully lifted off to space on Saturday, at 9:08 am EDT (1308 GMT), after a couple of days of delays caused by bad weather and a possible glitch affecting the carrier rocket.
After all issues were taken care of, NASA officials were able to take advantage of a 1... |
12 September 2011
02:45 GMT |
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Using data from a spacecraft in orbit around Earth's natural satellite, researchers at the American space agency announce the creation of the first high-resolution, highly-detailed map of the lunar north pole. The area, now visible in a manner that cannot be observed from the surface of the planet directly, has ... |
9 September 2011
11:02 GMT |
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The American space agency should have launched the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission by now, but a set of unfortunate circumstances have delayed the attempt until Saturday, September 10, at the earliest.
Originally, the two spacecraft making up this mission were supposed to take off on Thur... |
9 September 2011
03:14 GMT |
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As the hours count down to T-0, scientists and mission controllers involved with the NASA Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) twin spacecraft project are trembling with anticipation. This mission will reveal a wealth of knowledge about Earth, the Moon and the solar system.
There are only two, 1-second... |
8 September 2011
05:49 GMT |
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NASA officials are eager to see their latest mission blast off to space. If all goes according to current plans, the two space probes making up the agency's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory will reach the Moon by New Year's Eve, and start conducting scientific studies in March 2012.The main goal of ... |
7 September 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agencies have just released several new high-resolution photos of a number of Apollo landing sites. The batch of images was made available yesterday, September 6, and many of them show the disposition of equipment that was left behind on the Moon.
The datasets were collected by the... |
7 September 2011
02:56 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency say that the twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar probes are ready for their scheduled launch date, on Thursday, September 8. The mission is meant to decipher the riddles the Moon's interior still poses.
One of the primary science objectives of t... |
5 September 2011
09:47 GMT |
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NASA representatives from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the two spacecraft of the American space agency's GRAIL mission have been successfully integrated with their delivery system.The mating procedure was carried out yesterday, August 18, at the Space Launch Complex... |
19 August 2011
03:49 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the Moon is younger than researchers first calculated. It's either that, or it evolved in different patterns over the past few billion years. It may even be that it collided with another Moon.The widely-accepted hypothesis at this point... |
18 August 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Engineers in Florida carried out final tests and assessments on the twin GRAIL spacecraft that NASA built for lunar exploration. The probes are now ready for take off, and launch is scheduled to take place about a month from now. The mission is dubbed the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), and features... |
12 August 2011
03:42 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that our planet would still be able to support life even if the Moon was not there. This result goes up against decades of scientific thinking which holds that without the stabilizing effects of the Moon, Earth would be uninhabitable.What the pla... |
10 August 2011
09:16 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a study published in the August 4 issue of the top scientific journal Nature, it would appear that our planet had two moons when it first formed. These objects then collided with each other to form the Moon as we know it now, the team behind the research argues. The second moon would h... |
4 August 2011
05:36 GMT |
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The results of a new in-depth analysis conducted on Earth's natural satellite revealed that a moon such as our own may be extremely rare throughout the entire Universe. In our solar system, there is no other body to behaves quite like it. Though largely ignored by many, the Moon played an absolutely critical rol... |
29 July 2011
10:14 GMT |
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Scientists announce the discovery of a volcano on the far side of the Moon, at a location that has been baffling astronomers for several years. The area was known as a curious hot spot, but its position prevented experts from conducting in-depth studies.The latest images of the structure reveal it to be a volcanic pr... |
25 July 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the second ARTEMIS spacecraft managed to insert itself into lunar orbit, after a prolonged trip through space. The probes were originally a part of a mission to study Earth. At one point, experts decided that there is no reason to let the five-satellite constellati... |
20 July 2011
02:56 GMT |
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A private space race to put robots on the Moon received a new chief recently. The announcement was made yesterday, July 11, by the X-Prize Foundation. The Google Lunar X Prize will from now on be led by Alexandra Hall, who is a space science veteran.
The expert will act as the senior director of the initiative, w... |
12 July 2011
02:50 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was recently able to capture a series of breathtaking images of a massive lunar crater. The views depict the entire area in exquisite detail, allowing investigators to get more insight into what helped shape it. Mission contro... |
30 June 2011
04:22 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the first of the two ARTEMIS spacecraft that have been traveling towards the Moon for more than a year has finally entered lunar orbit successfully.The mission acronym stands for Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interac... |
29 June 2011
03:57 GMT |
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A group of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, announce the creation of the first complete set of lunar surface roughness maps. The datasets used to compile the new products were provided by a highly-successful NASA mission. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) used its Lun... |
28 June 2011
04:42 GMT |
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The two ARTEMIS spacecraft NASA wants to put in lunar orbit have nearly reached their destination, officials from the American space agency announce. The probes have been flying towards the Moon for more than 18 months now.In the mean time, they carried out in excess of 90 orbital maneuvers, in addition to a large nu... |
24 June 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Experts at the American space agency say that the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has already helped scientists change their view of the Earth's Moon. Thus far, the spacecraft has sent back the equivalent of 41,000 data DVDs, and the work is still being carried on.The information glimpsed by the LRO suit... |
22 June 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Chang'e 2, a robotic spacecraft built and operated by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), recently left lunar orbit, and moved on to a new leg of its mission. The probe is now headed to deep-space, collecting data and relaying them back to Earth.The vehicle left lunar orbit on June 9, beginning an ... |
16 June 2011
04:22 GMT |
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As amateur and professional skywatchers and astronomers around the world are preparing to observe tomorrow night' long-duration lunar eclipse, NASA too is gearing up for its own observations session. It will be using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) for the job. The spacecraft has been in orbit around the ... |
14 June 2011
11:05 GMT |
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Astronomers announce that an unusually long, total lunar eclipse will take place next week, on Wednesday, June 15. During the cosmic phenomenon, Earth's natural satellite will pass exactly through the center of the shadow our planet casts.The event takes place just two weeks after another important astronomical ... |
11 June 2011
04:09 GMT |
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Today, June 6, officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) will conduct their first-ever flight with a new aircraft, designed to emulate the gravitational conditions of Mars and the Moon as accurately as possible. The ‘Zero-G’ Airbus will fly for the first time today. For the agency, the aircraft is a ne... |
7 June 2011
05:59 GMT |
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A group of investigators proposes that the craters located at the lunar poles may be charged to hundred of volts, due to the effects of solar winds flowing above. The streams of charged particles slam into the natural obstructions produced by the edges of craters, triggering the phenomenon.The new calculations were p... |
6 June 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Gaining access to water and other volatile resources would be one of the most important first steps that future lunar colonists would need to deal with upon arriving at the Moon. The European Space Agency is planning a new mission to the lunar surface, whose goal would be to pave the way for explorers.The Lunar Lande... |
1 June 2011
08:45 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific report, it would appear that the interior of the Moon is equally as wet as Earth's. The discovery comes on the heels of another shocking finding, which indicates that the surface of our natural satellite may be as wet as the Sahara Desert.
While this may not s... |
27 May 2011
02:04 GMT |
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The last Apollo Program astronaut ever to set foot on the Moon, Harrison Schmitt, is proposing that the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration be shut down entirely, and replaced with a new agency, that could be called the National Space Exploration Administration (NSEA).The move would have the sole purpose... |
26 May 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Engineers at the Denver, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems say that the twin GRAIL spacecraft NASA contracted them to build have finished testing, and are now ready for shipment. The two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes are headed for the Moon. They will be launched on September 8, 2... |
20 May 2011
09:52 GMT |
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Over the past 4 and a half billion years, the Moon has suffered tremendous damage from space impactors and internal processes, acting like a true shield for Earth in the process. The scars it carries to prove this now also provide insight into some of the processes that shape its surface.
These are the same proce... |
14 May 2011
05:04 GMT |
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Working under a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), a private company in Canada is now investigating possible technologies that could be used in space, for drilling and mining. This will become very important in the future, as we extend our exploitations into outer space.Studies conducted on rocks collecte... |
12 May 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Commercial spaceflight companies have already began filling in the void that will be left behind as NASA retires its shuttle fleet, in mid-2011. Space Adventures, for example, is planning to send paying tourists on joyrides that will take them around the Moon.The plan is to launch a rocket from Earth, have it travel ... |
6 May 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Figuring out how life began on our planet is one of the primary goals in science, but the key to unlocking this mystery may lie on the Moon, researchers in the United Kingdom believe. They say that rocks from the early Earth were ejected to the Moon during an asteroid bombardment.Dubbed the Late Heavy Bombardment, th... |
4 May 2011
05:44 GMT |
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In a clear demonstration that you can indeed do more with less, officials at Denver, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Corp. announce that they will accelerate the development of the Orion spacecraft, and that they will be aiming to carry out a manned lunar flyby by 2016. At this point, the organization only has access ... |
26 April 2011
10:20 GMT |
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Since the diminutive moons Atlas and Pan were discovered around Saturn, experts have wondered about how they formed. The conclusions of a recent investigation clear up the mystery, proposing that the two objects were formed through the aggregation of icy particles. What separates these two moons from the rest of Satu... |
17 March 2011
11:59 GMT |
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The science group in charge of processing the readings taken by a NASA orbiter around the Moon have just released the final batch of data. The information were collected during the mission's exploration phase, which concluded some time ago. At the same time, the experts also published data collected by the Lunar... |
16 March 2011
07:04 GMT |
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For the first time in decades, astronomers and researchers now have access to a new set of images showing the far side of the Moon. This area has never been studied in depth before, experts say.The reason for that is that the lunar half is always obscured from view, as seen from the surface of out planet. This is why... |
12 March 2011
07:09 GMT |
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Scientists operating a NASA spacecraft in lunar orbit announced that they managed to snap new pictures of what appears to be an opening in an ancient lava tube on the surface of the natural satellite.The opening reveals a pitch-black pit underneath, that may run a good distance underneath the lunar surface. The new i... |
9 February 2011
10:37 GMT |
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Experts at the American space agency are in the final stages of completing two spacecraft that will fly to the Moon as part of the GRAIL mission. The twin probes are destined to measure the gravity field around Earth's natural satellite in unprecedented levels of details. The mission has been under development f... |
8 February 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Two private space companies signed an agreement yesterday, February 6, that draws the major guidelines for a new cooperative program. The corporations are planning to rely on each other to launch a robot to the Moon by as soon as December 2013. Astrobotic Technology is the company that will develop and construct the ... |
7 February 2011
04:32 GMT |
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If you are interested in looking for star clusters, then the times when the Moon is out of the evening skies, such as the current ones, are the best for observations. Using a pair of good binoculars, amateur astronomers can easily detect several famous structures of this class.
Some interesting star clusters can ... |
29 January 2011
02:51 GMT |
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The American space agency has been developing a new lunar lander concept for quite some time now, and some of the systems that will go on the new spacecraft have been successfully tested at a private company's simulating facility, in Alabama.NASA conducts the Lunar Lander Project out of its Marshall Space Flight... |
28 January 2011
10:54 GMT |
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There is currently no doubt in people's minds that we will someday end up exploiting the Moon for resources, and some believe that that day may come sooner than anyone expected. Still, experts say that legal issues are still a challenge in this area, and that future companies need to solve this issue first. Thi... |
19 January 2011
01:48 GMT |
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Experts announce that one of the most likely reasons for which the Moon contains such large amounts of water and ice is that comets slammed into its surface billions of years ago. This allowed the chemical to accumulate, and get stored at the most suitable locations on the lunar surface. According to the new data, ... |
10 January 2011
02:56 GMT |
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