Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied all odds for the third time, surviving another long, frigid moon night despite not being designed to withstand such harsh conditions. According … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied all odds for the third time, surviving another long, frigid moon night despite not being designed to withstand such harsh conditions. According … Read more
After a nerve-wracking descent and tense silence from the lunar surface, the United States is back on the moon. Odysseus, a robotic lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon’s south pole tonight (Feb. 22). It was a milestone for space exploration: No private spacecraft had ever landed softly on the moon … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An area of the moon that is at the center of a new international space race because it may contain water ice could be less hospitable than once thought, new research shows. Interest in the … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An area of the moon that is at the center of a new international space race because it may contain water ice could be less hospitable than once thought, new research shows. Interest in the … Read more
A recent story on Space.com presented the idea that some scientists believe we are entering the “lunar Anthropocene.” In other words, like Earth’s Anthropocene, the moon is entering a phase in which human activities will play an important role in its natural history. This is of course true. The first impacts of Soviet probes occurred … Read more
The year 2023 proved to be a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample of an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the moon’s south pole, and 2024 will be another exciting year for space exploration. Several new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative … Read more
The year 2023 turned out to be a big year for lunar science. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed near the moon’s south pole, a huge achievement for a country relatively new to space travel, especially after the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft crashed in 2019. At the same time, NASA is preparing for a large number of moon-related missions, … Read more