Paris (AFP) April 02, 2014 - The Moon was formed about 95 million years after the birth of our Solar System, in a collision that also settled the structure of Earth as we know it, according to the latest attempt at dating that impact.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2014 - The Moon's status as a dry rock in space has long been questioned. Competing theories abound as to the source of the H20 in the lunar soil, including delivery of water to the Moon by comets.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Mar 25, 2014 - Experts say that future expeditions to the Moon may face quite a few dangers. One of them is meteorite attacks. The Moon has practically no atmosphere that would have braked the flights of meteorite
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 25, 2014 - the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), run by the Arizona State University-based team under professor Mark Robinson, released what very well may be the largest image mosaic available on the
Vienna (AFP) March 22, 2014 - The only camera to return from NASA's moon missions in 1969-1972 was sold at an auction in Vienna Saturday for 550,000 euros ($760,000), far outdoing its estimated price.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2014 - Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon's north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 16, 2014 - If Galileo was still alive and kicking, he might want to take a selfie with some of the thousands of citizen scientists all around the world for their surprisingly accurate work of counting craters
Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2014 - China's troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover woke up again early Friday, though the mechanical troubles that have plagued it remain unfixed, the government said.
New York NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2014 - Bonhams Space History sale on April 8 will feature nearly 300 fascinating artifacts related to decades of international space exploration, including genuine spacesuits, critical flight items from th
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Mar 09, 2014 - Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, will send three automated rovers to the moon from 2016 to 2019 as part of its plan to eventually send a manned mission to Mars, according to agency head Oleg Ostape
Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2014 - China's Yutu (Jade Rabbit) moon rover suffered a control circuit malfunction in its driving unit, which troubled its dormancy in extremely low temperature, a scientist said on Saturday. The co
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 - While the world awaits the awakening of China's Yutu Moon rover at the end of this long lunar night, let's not forget that Yutu is not the only spacecraft on the Moon. Yutu was delivered to the luna
Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2014 - China's lunar rover Yutu entered its third planned dormancy on Saturday, with the mechanical control issues that might cripple the vehicle still unresolved. According to the State Administrati
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 24, 2014 - Finally, China has released some tangible information on the state of its Yutu Moon rover through official state media channels. The results are encouraging, given the fact that we feared Yutu was i
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 21, 2014 - Japan's curiously-named Pocari Sweat is to be sent to the moon, its Japanese maker has said, in what the firm claims will make it the first sports drink on the celestial body.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 20, 2014 - Private settlements and raw materials extraction enterprises could appear on the Moon in the future, thus leading to territorial disputes between their owners. In order to avoid that one must now re
