The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars ...

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But this facial feature will only have a passing resemblance to a smile, as Venus and Saturn will shine next to the horns of the brightly-lit crescent Moon. Map of the night sky this week. Image: NASA ...

The Italian Space Agency has picked European company Blue Skies Space to build a fleet of satellites around the moon to map the ancient universe. These radio signals are hard to detect on Earth ...

The Italian Space Agency has picked European company Blue Skies Space to build a fleet of satellites around the moon to map the ancient universe. Blue Skies has partnered with another space ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds W. The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C). Winds from W to WNW at 3 to 9 mph (4.8 to 14.5 kph). Partly cloudy today with a ...

Lunar Trailblazer will follow up on a key discovery by the Chandrayaan 1 mission: water and hydroxyl (blue and violet on this map) across the Moon’s surface. Credits: ISRO / NASA Cool as lunar ice: ...

So NASA took these gravity ‘anomalies’ into account for successfully steering and landing humans on the Moon with the Apollo missions. Gravity map of the Moon (right). Red areas indicate dense regions ...

NASA and the USGS partnered up to create the most detailed map of the Moon ever. The map, which is available online, color-codes craters and other geographical features, showing all of the tiny ...

Last week, Israel attempted to do something that only three other countries have accomplished in the history of mankind by landing a spacecraft on the Moon. The privately-funded mission ...