NASA shoots for the moon: Inside the historic Artemis II missionArtemis II embarks on humanity's return to the moon. Four astronauts will journey beyond the moon in a swift lunar fly-around. This mission...
NASA Explains Why Eclipse Colors Change, and What It Says About Earth’s AirLunar eclipses reveal Earth's atmospheric conditions, with colors like red and orange indicating sunlight bending through. Dust, smoke, and...
7 Ways We’ll Turn Moon Dust Into Homes, Fuel and OxygenLunar regolith, once seen as mere dust, is now a vital resource for future moon missions. Scientists are developing technologies to transfo...
Blue Ghost Riders on moon: This company is digging into lunar surface for dark secrets of Earth's satelliteFirefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, which successfully landed on the Moon on March 2, 2025, has made strides in exploring the Moon's the...
US firm Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on uncharted lunar terrain—What’s at stake?Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander is touched down on the Moon’s Mare Crisium. This is the second private company to achieve this m...
Vikram lander raised lot of dust during moon landing, created halo"During the action of descent stage thrusters and the consequent landing, a significant amount of lunar surficial epiregolith material got ...
Chandrayaan-3: How scientists gleaned valuable info from what Vikram did during landingAs Vikram descended and subsequently touched down on the lunar surface, it triggered the activation of its descent stage thrusters which re...
Moon may be 40 million years older than thought: StudyA study suggests that the Moon is at least 4.46 billion years old, pushing back its age by 40 million years. Researchers used crystals brou...
Road on Moon? Scientists find new tech for construction on lunar surfaceScientists have discovered that lunar dust, consisting of dark gray volcanic rock, could be used to construct roads and landing pads on the...
ISRO's next Moon mission in collaboration with Japanese space agency gathers steamISRO and Japan's JAXA are partnering for the Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), which aims to explore the lunar polar region for pote...
All set to move to the moon? Lunar dust is going to be a bigger problem than you thinkThe dust is powdery but as sharp as the illegal coating of ground glass on Indian kite strings.
Neil Armstrong's bag containing traces of moon dust sells for a whopping $1.8 millionThe bag was auctioned on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing.
Neil Armstrong's moon dust bag may fetch $4 mn at auctionThe bag brought back to Earth 48 years ago contains traces of the moon dust and is a rare relic of humanity's greatest achievement.
A startup team from Bengaluru preparing for an unmanned lunar missionStartup TeamIndus, the most ambitious project of Axiom Research Labs, is the only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE.
Edwin Aldrin, a government astronaut, claimed travel expenses to the moon and backAll the astronauts on Apollo 11 had to sign a customs form upon their return to Earth from the Moon. They declare that they had brought bac...
Moon engulfed in permanent, lopsided dust cloudAstronomers said the dust cloud increases in density when annual events like the Geminids meteor shower spew shooting stars.
Here's the crazy plan to start building an inflatable habitat on the Moon in 2024In 2018 ESA is planning to send a Lunar Lander to the Moon's south pole. The mission will be a precursor to ESA's bigger construction plans.