News articles tagged with 'Moon'
NASA instruments reveal water molecules on lunar surface
— 25 Sep 2009 15:10 | AstronomyNASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Instruments aboard three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than... — full story
Global view of valleys on Titan shows North South contrast
— 16 Sep 2009 00:02 | AstronomyA team of international scientists led by Mirjam Langhans, from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), will present first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and... — full story
Scientists complete first global geological map of Jupiter's moon Ganymede
— 16 Sep 2009 00:02 | AstronomyScientists have assembled the first global geological map of the solar system's largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite... — full story
Apollo 11 moon rocks still crucial 40 years later
— 18 Jul 2009 11:37 | AstronomyA lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis says that there are still many answers to be gleaned from the moon rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic... — full story
How the moon got its stripes
— 16 Jul 2009 03:11 | AstronomyA new study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the... — full story
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter transmits first moon images
— 3 Jul 2009 02:45 | AstronomyThe Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on 23 June 2009. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance... — full story
NASA launches lunar impactor
— 19 Jun 2009 06:51 | AstronomyNASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's... — full story
Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation
— 18 Apr 2009 15:55 | AstronomyIn the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar... — full story
Earthshine reflects Earth's oceans and continents from the dark side of the Moon
— 7 Apr 2009 15:34 | AstronomyResearchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans... — full story
Tens of thousands to get their first good look at the Moon
— 27 Mar 2009 13:50 | AstronomyTens of thousands of people across Britain should get their first view of the Moon through a telescope during next week's 'Spring Moonwatch,' which runs from 28th March to 5th April.... — full story