Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments ...

Scientists have performed laboratory experiments to better understand how Saturn's moon Titan can maintain its unique nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system and ...

Two moon landers, one from Japan’s ispace and the other from US-based Firefly Aerospace, have begun their historic journeys to the lunar surface following SpaceX’s unique double moonshot ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

Darrian Traynor/Getty Images "When Earth is positioned precisely between the moon and sun, Earth's shadow falls upon the surface of the moon, dimming it and sometimes turning the lunar surface a ...

The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon NASA paid Firefly US$101 million to fly ten payloads to the lunar surface. Among them is a ‘PlanetVac’ designed to hoover up lunar soil ...

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface. transcript 3 ...

Meanwhile, ispace's Resilence lander will take up to five months to reach the Moon's surface, where it will deploy a rover for exploration and attempt to scoop up loose surface material known as ...

In particular, some researchers are worried about Tranquillity Base, the Apollo 11 landing site where the astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon’s surface. Protections for cultural ...

Chang'e 7 mission, slated to reach the moon's south pole next year ... The solution, Zhang said, is to arrange wires on the surface of the flag with access to two-way positive and negative ...

“A lander on the surface of the moon, done in the traditional way, is north of a half a billion [dollars].... I’ve never seen a quote that’s less,” says Thomas Zurbuchen, who led NASA’s ...