News articles tagged with 'lunar'
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's LRO creating unprecedented topographic map of moon
— 18 Dec 2010 14:45 | AstronomyNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape…
New analysis explains formation of bulge on far side of moon
— 12 Nov 2010 15:21 | AstronomyA bulge of elevated topography on the farside of the moon - known as the lunar farside highlands - has defied explanation for decades. But a new study led by researchers at the University…
2 THEMIS probes redirected to moon to study magnetosphere, solar wind interactions
— 28 Oct 2010 15:57 | AstronomyTwo micro-satellites originally launched into Earth's orbit in 2007 by NASA have been redirected by University of California, Berkeley, scientists toward new orbits around the moon,…
Scientists find evidence for widespread water ice on the moon
— 23 Oct 2010 17:53 | AstronomyScientists from NASA's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment team have detected the widespread presence of water ice in large areas of the moon's south pole…
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 report new insights into the moon's rich geologic complexity
— 17 Sep 2010 09:44 | AstronomyThe moon is more geologically complex than previously thought, scientists report Sept. 17 in two papers published in the journal Science…
NASA'S LRO exposes moon's complex, turbulent youth
— 17 Sep 2010 09:17 | AstronomyThe moon was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth, and its surface is more complex than previously thought, according to new results from NASA's…
Two asteroids to pass by Earth Wednesday
— 8 Sep 2010 13:23 | AstronomyTwo asteroids, several metres in diameter and in unrelated orbits, will pass within the moon's distance of Earth on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Both asteroids should be observable near closest…