Articles tagged with: Space
Ice may lurk in shadows beyond Moon’s poles
Water ice on the moon may be more widespread than previously thought. Permanent shadows have been spotted far from the lunar poles, expanding the number of sites that would be good candidates for exploration by …
NASA to Launch Guidelines to Protect Lunar Artifacts
This story appeared in Science Magazine [pdf] and online [html].
NASA is unlikely to be the operator of the next spacecraft to land on the moon, but the U.S. space agency is considering sending along some …
Apollo Physicist Launches Noisy Dustup Over Old Moon Data
Whipping around the moon in the solar system’s loneliest spaceship, Apollo 8 astronaut James Lovell saw something in 1968 …
Perseid meteors promise shower of science
Professional and amateur astronomers will be teaming up tonight to gather information about the origins and future of the Perseid meteor showers. The spectacle occurs every year when dust from a particular comet …
