dim and reappear allows us to study a thin atmosphere—a few millionths of Earth’s—on a world two-thirds the size of our moon and 30 times farther from the sun,” said Sickafoose. Future Observations Will Clarify Long‑Term Trends The pressure reduction...

between infrared radiation and SiO2 content. Step 2: They verified this relationship using measurement data from the Moon and lunar samples. Finally, Step 3: Using infrared data from Mercury, the researchers were then able to determine the SiO2 content...

widespread environmental shifts as debris was thrown across vast distances. Earth’s Erasure of Cosmic History While the Moon remains a pristine archive of early solar system bombardment, Earth’s surface has been aggressively recycled by plate tectonics,...

the vastness of space. As crew member Bill Anders famously observed, the true discovery of their lunar mission was not the moon itself, but the Earth. That singular perspective—seeing the planet as a unified, connected object—strips away the...

the sky. The comet is situated in the vicinity of Omicron Tauri, a binary star system with a magnitude of 3.59. With the new moon phase occurring on September 10-11, the reduction in background lunar interference provides an ideal window for those...

ending the sunlight reflection. From Puerto Rico, Efrain Morales photographed the Tiangong space station crossing the Moon in a striking celestial alignment in June 2026. Credit: Efrain Morales A Floating Laboratory in Low Earth Orbit The Tiangong space...

Deep Space Network. The next-generation antenna will expand the communication and navigation capabilities of missions to the Moon and beyond. pic.twitter.com/jSZvHy8GHS — NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) August 26, 2026 Infrastructure for a New Era of Exploration...

a Deep-Space Mosaic The nebula’s significant presence in the night sky—spanning nearly half the diameter of the full Moon—presented a challenge for high-resolution imaging. Because the object is too vast for the Hubble Space Telescope to capture in a...

suggests that surface roughness may be masking similar tectonic histories on other rocky celestial bodies, including our own Moon. By refining how we account for impact-related interference, geologists may gain a clearer understanding of how planetary...

The implications of this study reach beyond the Red Planet, offering a new framework for comparing Mars with Earth, the Moon, and other terrestrial worlds. By confirming that Mars possesses significant internal thermal anomalies—such as a warm mantle...

rugged, uneven terrain at a Texas quarry, marking a milestone in the development of technology designed to explore the Moon’s most treacherous environments. Unlike traditional rovers that rely on wheels or legs, this machine features a spherical,...

to capture wide, deep-field images allowed the team to scan regions spanning 12 times the surface area of the full moon. Because automated detection algorithms often struggle to distinguish these whisper-thin signals from background noise, the...

shifts based on the timing of the solar wind’s arrival. Observers should also be mindful of lunar conditions. A waxing moon, approaching its peak on Sept. 26, will increase ambient light levels, which can wash out the subtle, fainter colors of a...

of ancient asteroids or a specific anomaly. Future investigations, including JAXA’s upcoming mission to sample Phobos—the moon of Mars—are expected to provide more data points by 2031. Comparing these future samples with the data gathered from Bennu...

refining instrument performance in the field, researchers ensure that when these technologies are eventually deployed to the moon, Mars, or beyond, they have already proven their capability in the sky above New Mexico.

from a Backyard Observatory The image, which showcases the nebula spanning an area roughly half the diameter of the full Moon in our night sky, was not produced by a massive space-based observatory. Instead, it is the result of dedicated backyard...

hollows that current climate models struggle to account for. Wåhlin likened the experience to witnessing the far side of the moon, as the data exposed how turbulence and localized currents actively carve away at the ice from beneath. Dotson Ice Shelf....

Past research often relied on optical properties modeled after lunar regolith—the loose, rocky debris covering the Moon. However, Khuller and graduate student Pari Mohan found that this lunar-based approach failed to accurately reproduce the behavior of...

with a single, compelling candidate that had shifted 47.46 arcminutes—roughly one and a half times the diameter of a full Moon—across the intervening years. Comparison between log N – log S plots of three different AKARI catalogues in 90 𝜇m: AKARI-BSC...

utilizes a dual-cone structure, while another mirrors the aeroshell design intended for the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. The latter uses Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA), a proven heat-shielding material with a strong track...