Athena lander 'on her side' on moon's surface, ending mission in similar fashion to first launch
The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, subsequently ending a week-long mission. The ...
See the Blue Ghost spacecraft drilling into the moon’s surface
The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect ...
New evidence for water lurking under the moon’s poles
During the Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE), the spacecraft took the first measurements of this kind ...
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear
A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently ...
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Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may not come from its underground ocean
A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
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What is a blood moon?
Because the light waves are stretched out, they look red. When this red light strikes the moon's surface, it also appears red. How red the moon appears can depend on how much pollution ...
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Jupiter's Moon Callisto Probably Has an Ocean Under Its Surface
If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...