The Moon is a key piece of the space exploration puzzle. One of our next objectives is to visit Earth’s satellite and establish a permanent base. The Moon can also offer access to various resources, including ways to create water and fuel in space. Water is a crucial element of life, and space exploration hinges …
Scientists have been trying to find ways to make the Moon a habitat for humans which has sustainable resources required for life to thrive on it. Taking this mammoth task a step ahead, the Chinese scientists are now trying to establish a mechanism to produce water on the Moon using lunar soil. In the quest …
The Pragyan rover, launched as part of India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission on July 14 last year, touched down near the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023. It has now found crucial evidence bolstering the claim about the lunar surface being made up of magma. Pragyan’s landing site on the moon has been named Point …
Bengaluru: A sea of hot, molten rock or magma once existed under the lunar surface, findings of Chandrayaan-3 have revealed, and its analysis of matter deep below the Moon has opened up new avenues for studying the surface while even potentially identifying safe landing spots. The data has backed up the Lunar Magma Ocean theory, …
Data from ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the theory that the Moon was once covered in an ocean of magma, or a ‘magma ocean’, an analysis, published in the journal Nature, has suggested. The analysis pertained to measurements of the lunar soil, recorded by the Pragyan rover and taken at multiple points along a 100-metre track …
August’s supermoon blue moon, the first of 2024’s four consecutive supermoons, will appear full from Sunday through Wednesday this week, giving astronomy fans a rare show when they look to the skies. The full moon had been expected to reach its peak on Monday, Aug. 19, at 2:26 p.m. EDT, and it will appear full …
The Earth has been hit by strong geomagnetic storms which have led to the formation of mesmerising auroras that are making our planet appear like never before in space. Capturing a stunning moment from this spectacular phase, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick posted a timelapse video in which the Moon is seen setting behind the Earth which …
A group of scientists has devised a plan to safeguard Earth’s species in a cryogenic biorepository on the moon. Intended to save species in the event of a disaster on Earth, the plan makes use of craters that are permanently in shadow and therefore cold enough to allow cryogenic preservation of biological material without using …
The JUICE mission of the European Space Agency is set to complete a new manoeuvre and break two records. This is the first time the spacecraft will use two objects to carry out a gravity assist maneuver, and for the first time, it will also attempt Lunar-Earth flyby. The Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist (LEGA) is likely to …
The Gaia telescope of the European Space Agency has spotted 352 asteroids around potential moons. According to the scientists, these asteroids did not have any companions and hence were what is known as “binary asteroids”. Because of the ultra-accurate astrometric data of the telescope, the scientists were able to find signs of tiny rocks flying …