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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study



Paris (AFP) June 23, 2025
If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers. Earlier this year there were briefly fears that the 60-metre-wide (200-foot-wide) asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is big enough to level a city, would strike Earth on December 22, 2032. It was given the highest chance - 3.1 percent - of hitting our home planet that scientists have ever ... read more

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MOON DAILY
High precision LLNL telescope to drive next generation lunar imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is advancing a major leap in lunar imaging through a partnership with Firefly Aerospace. The lab's cutting-edge optical telescope system is set to fly a ... more
MOON DAILY
New Ocula imaging service to deliver detailed lunar data from orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2025
Firefly Aerospace has unveiled a new lunar imaging service called Ocula, set to debut as early as 2026 aboard its Elytra spacecraft. Enabled by high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum teles ... more
MOON DAILY
DLR and NASA expand Artemis partnership with enhanced lunar radiation detectors
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
DLR and NASA have signed a renewed agreement to strengthen their collaborative efforts in space medicine, with a particular emphasis on radiation research. The announcement came during the Paris Air ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2025
New research led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) reveals that lunar dust is considerably less toxic to human lung cells than typical Earth-based air pollution. This finding offers reass ... more
IRON AND ICE
ESA Flyeye telescope begins full sky survey for asteroid detection
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2025
The European Space Agency's Flyeye telescope has officially commenced operations, capturing its first celestial images and marking a significant advancement in the detection of near-Earth asteroids ... more
MOON DAILY
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Jun 12, 2025
The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the ... more
MOON DAILY
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2025
Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said. ... more
MARSDAILY
The promise and peril of a crewed Mars mission
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2025
A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history - and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. ... more

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MOON DAILY
ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover
Paris (ESA) Jun 04, 2025
RESILIENCE is the spacecraft element of ispace Mission 2 "SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon", the latest step in the company's lunar exploration programme. It launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fro ... more
MOON DAILY
High-definition Moon landing videos set to transform lunar exploration
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
)The next time astronauts step onto the Moon, viewers will experience it in stunning high-definition color and at up to 60 frames per second. This marks a significant leap forward from the grainy bl ... more
MOON DAILY
Sierra Space Wins NASA Contract to Advance Lunar Logistics Solutions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense technology leader, announced it has secured a NASA contract under the NextSTEP-2 Appendix R for Lunar Logistics and Mobility Studies. The contrac ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, part ... more
MOON DAILY
Next phase of NASA's Artemis II testing set to begin
Washington DC (UPI) May 29, 2025
The next phase of testing is set to begin for NASA's crewed Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon, the administration announced Thursday, and will serve as a foundation for travel to Mars. ... more
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China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples: Xinhua
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2025
China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported. ... more
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MOON DAILY
Why are some rocks on the moon highly magnetic
Boston MA (SPX) May 26, 2025
Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon it ... more
MOON DAILY
China's Queqiao-2 Satellite Ready for Global Lunar Mission Support
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 20, 2025
Queqiao-2, China's dedicated relay satellite for lunar landing missions, is now poised to support both domestic and international lunar exploration efforts, according to the Deep Space Exploration L ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
NASA Studies Uncover New Insights into Interiors of Moon and Vesta
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025
NASA researchers have made significant strides in understanding the internal structures of the Moon and the asteroid Vesta through advanced gravity mapping, offering new insights into the formation ... more
MOON DAILY
More int'l space cooperation now that Norway is 55th Artemis Accords partner
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2025
Norway became the 55th nation to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Oslo Thursday, agreeing to a pact designed to promote international cooperation in space exploration. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
3D Printing Technologies Pave the Way for Moon and Mars Construction
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 14, 2025
NASA is pushing the boundaries of construction technology to support long-term human exploration of the Moon and Mars. By focusing on in-situ resource utilization, the agency aims to reduce the need ... more
MOON DAILY
Glass Beads Provide Insight into Moon's Mysterious Interior
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2025
Researchers from Curtin University, Nanjing University, and The Australian National University have discovered unusual high-magnesium glass beads collected by China's Chang'e-5 mission, revealing po ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space law doesn't protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon
Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2025
April 2025 was a busy month for space. Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2025 Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, anoth ... more
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NASA hosts Twitch event for moon mascot, zero-g indicator contest
Washington DC (UPI) May 12, 2025
NASA will host a live Twitch event Tuesday to help "global creators" of all ages design a plush mascot that will indicate zero gravity, when Artemis II astronauts take flight next year around the moon. ... more
MOON DAILY
Oracle-M Completes Successful Hot Fire Test for Cislunar Space Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025
The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have achieved a critical milestone in cislunar space situational awareness (SSA) with th ... more
SPACEMART
European Space Agency and Indian Space Research Organisation Expand Human Spaceflight Collaboration
Paris, France (SPX) May 12, 2025


The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have taken a significant step in human space exploration by signing a joint Statement of Intent focused on collabo ... more

MOON DAILY
Moon becomes little more out of reach for NASA's VIPER rover
Washington DC (UPI) May 7, 2025
NASA is exploring alternative ways to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon after canceling partnership proposals to land a water-seeking robot on the lunar surface. ... more
MOON DAILY
ispace Achieves Key Mission 2 Milestone with Successful Lunar Orbit Entry
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 07, 2025
ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global leader in lunar exploration, has announced the successful entry of its RESILIENCE lunar lander into lunar orbit. This critical milestone, known as Succe ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2025
Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA's first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Kennedy Breathes Life into Moon Soil Testing
Washington DC (SPX) May 06, 2025
As NASA works to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, researchers have reached a breakthrough by extracting oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar soil at Swamp Works at NASA's Ken ... more
MOON DAILY
Van Hoeydonck, first artist to exhibit on Moon, dies
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 3, 2025
Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who made what was for decades the only work of art on the Moon, died on Saturday aged 99, his family said on Facebook. ... more
MOON DAILY
Moon RACER achieves autonomous navigation milestone on lunar terrain vehicle
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 05, 2025
On a simulated lunar landscape, Intuitive Machines has successfully tested the autonomous driving capabilities of its Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) mock-up, marking a major step forward in ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump NASA budget prioritizes Moon, Mars missions over research
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2025
President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center - slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter. ... more
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