News articles tagged with 'Moon'
A lunar eclipse at sunrise
— 19 Dec 2010 23:11 | AstronomyPeople in the UK will have the chance to see a total eclipse of the Moon at sunrise on the morning of 21 December, the date of the winter solstice. Unusually, for British observers…
NASA-engineered collision spills new Moon secrets
— 23 Oct 2010 16:09 | AstronomyScientists led by Brown University are offering the first detailed explanation of the crater formed when a NASA rocket slammed into the Moon last fall and information about the composition…
The first microwave image of the complete Moon
— 21 Sep 2010 12:40 | AstronomyThe first microwave image of the complete Moon was obtained thanks to the Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1. Global brightness temperature maps reveal radiation from the surface and…
Scientists find moon whiskers
— 2 Jul 2010 11:14 | AstronomyUp to now scientists thought that the trace amounts of carbon on the surface of the Moon came from the solar wind. Now researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory…
Moon whets appetite for water
— 15 Jun 2010 02:23 | AstronomyScientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, with colleagues, have discovered a much higher water content in the Moon's interior than previous studies. Their research…
Biggest, deepest crater exposes hidden, ancient moon
— 19 Mar 2010 14:46 | AstronomyShortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more…
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…
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…
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.…
KAGUYA successfully captures moving images of the Earth
— 24 Feb 2009 13:20 | AstronomyThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) successfully took moving images of the precise Earth rise moment when the Earth looked like…