Astronomers say the evidence suggests the detected CO2 on Europa rose to the surface relatively recently from the moon's subsurface ocean.
High-energy electrons from Earth’s magnetic field act like solar wind protons to help form water on the Moon. The Moon ...
Sep. 18, 2023 — A team recently calculated that most of the Moon's permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) are at most around 3.4 billion years old and can contain relatively young deposits of water ...
What is the moon phase today? Today, Sept. 30, 2023, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 97% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...
"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's ...
China has discovered an intriguing Moon crystal made of a previously unknown material. The crystal was discovered in a batch of lunar samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5. The mission made ...
The James Webb Space Telescope found carbon dioxide on Europa's surface, and astronomers say it likely originated in the moon ...
When you know how to view lunar information in Weather app on the iPhone, it starts to become something of an obsession. When ...
The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 1:55 ...
As NASA celebrated the successful landing of a capsule filled with gravel and soil from asteroid Bennu, the spacecraft that ...
Asteroids are frequently targeted as civilization killers. But long period comets that approach Earth from high orbital inclinations have historically blindsided our planet as impactors. Mercifully, ...
Other highlights include the annual Orionid meteor showers, and Saturn and Jupiter as the bright evening planets.
