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NASA has greenlit a mission to investigate a massive hole on the Moon that could lead to underground caves perfect for future astronaut bases. The discovery might solve one of humanity's biggest challenges for living on the lunar surface.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has created the most detailed map ever of the Moon's mysterious farside, solving a puzzle that's stumped scientists for decades. The images reveal why the hidden side looks so different from the view we see every night.
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NASA just released nearly a terabyte of data from the Artemis II mission, including 11,000 photos, videos, and astronaut observations from humanity's return to the moon. Scientists and space enthusiasts worldwide can now explore this treasure trove of lunar discoveries.
NASA and IBM just released a free AI tool that can sift through decades of moon data in a fraction of the time it takes human researchers. The model is already helping scientists map craters, find volcanic features, and hunt for water ice near the lunar poles.
NASA scientists discovered that some microbes carried by astronauts can survive in shadowed areas near the Moon's South Pole, turning a contamination challenge into a unique opportunity to study life's limits in space. The finding will help future Mars missions distinguish between alien life and hitchhiking Earth organisms.
China is launching a groundbreaking mission to explore the Moon's darkest craters using a hopping robot that can leap over broken terrain where wheeled rovers can't go. The Chang'e-7 mission could unlock access to billions of years of frozen water, bringing humanity closer to actually living and working on the Moon.
NASA's orbiter just photographed a brand new crater on the Moon, carved when a SpaceX rocket stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. The stunning before-and-after images reveal how space exploration is advancing our understanding of both Earth's neighbor and our own technology.
After a rocket stage accidentally heads toward the moon, SpaceX and NASA are partnering to ensure future space missions don't accidentally crash into our lunar neighbor. It's a small but important step toward protecting the moon as more countries and companies head there.
NASA just delivered a navigation system smaller than a shoebox that will help astronauts and rovers explore the Moon's South Pole in 2028. The tiny device uses regular GPS signals from Earth to guide spacecraft nearly 240,000 miles away.
Scientists discovered that an ancient impact scattered rocks from deep inside the Moon right where future astronauts plan to land. These rare mantle rocks could reveal secrets about the Moon's earliest history.
Apollo astronauts consistently reported that fresh lunar dust smelled exactly like spent gunpowder, but the mysterious scent vanished before samples reached Earth. More than 50 years later, scientists still can't fully explain what the astronauts were smelling.
The bootprints Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts left on the Moon in 1969 will still be visible a million years from now. Without wind or rain to erase them, these marks of human achievement are outlasting nearly everything we've built on Earth.