ESA scientists have been exploring how a future moon base might be built from materials on the lunar surface. Inspired by LEGO building, they have used dust from a meteorite to 3D-print "space bricks" to test the idea. ESA's ...
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2024
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A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the moon returned to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2024
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With MoonIndex, researchers from Constructor University and the National Institute of Astrophysics in Italy have developed an open-source software that for the first time gives scientists access to a free tool that creates ...
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2024
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It's time for the start of summer—with a full moon to boot.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 19, 2024
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Scientists around the world are constantly on the hunt for planets outside our solar system that could potentially provide a habitable environment for life.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 18, 2024
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In a world-first experiment, JCU researchers have been using the pelts of dead rats to test if the glow-in-the-dark fur of mammals is being used for secret nocturnal communication. The results are published in the Australian ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged China's Chang'e 6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the moon on June 7. Chang'e 6 landed on June 1, and when LRO passed over the landing site almost a week later, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2024
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NASA has set its sights on the moon, aiming to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a long-term presence there by the 2030s. But the moon isn't exactly a habitable place for people.
Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2024
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Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2024
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On Feb. 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus touched down near the moon's South Pole and popped out four antennas to record radio waves around the surface—a moment University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns hails ...
Space Exploration
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