Moon
NASA records biggest explosion in history as meteoroid impacts moon [VIDEO]
NASA records biggest explosion in history as meteoroid impacts moon [VIDEO]

It was a whopper by any standard, according to NASA. The U.S. space agency announced Friday that in late March it recorded an asteroid slamming into the surface of the moon, resulting in one of the largest explosions ever recorded...

   
Water on Earth, Moon may have same source
Water on Earth, Moon may have same source

Popular theory holds that back in the days of primordial Earth, when our planet was still being formed into the habitable oasis that it now is, a giant collision occurred, knocking a huge piece of the Earth off...

   
NASA spots lunar graves of twin GRAIL spacecraft
NASA spots lunar graves of twin GRAIL spacecraft

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the lunar graves of the space agency's twin GRAIL spacecraft which were intentionally smashed into a mountain close to the moon's north pole on December 17, 2012...

   
NASA sees leaping lunar dust
NASA sees leaping lunar dust

NASA has spotted leaping lunar dust, according to a space agency news release...

   
Traces of water within Apollo moon rocks challenge current lunar formation theory
Traces of water within Apollo moon rocks challenge current lunar formation theory

A University of Michigan researcher and his colleagues have detected traces of water within moon rocks brought back to Earth during the Apollo missions...

   
Can the ESA build a lunar base just by using a 3D printer?
Can the ESA build a lunar base just by using a 3D printer?

What if scientists could simply use materials on the moon to build a lunar base? The European Space Agency asks just that, as the ESA has begun testing whether a Read More.

   
Can we build a moon colony by using 3D printers?
Can we build a moon colony by using 3D printers?

It seems a bit crazy, but building a lunar colony may someday come down to how 3D printers evolve over the coming decade. According to a newly published report, humans may someday build colonies on the moon by using 3D printers that draw from the natural resources found on the lunar surface...

   
New lunar robot will work all day, every day
New lunar robot will work all day, every day

NASA is building an incredible lunar digging robot that could work all day, every day for years. This robot will be as different from the Curiosity rover as night and day, Read More.

   
Jupiter and the moon appear to collide; Astronomers revel in chance to view cosmological spectacle
Jupiter and the moon appear to collide; Astronomers revel in chance to view cosmological spectacle

Amateur astronomers were treated to rare sight late Monday as Jupiter and the moon appeared side by side. While the pair of heavenly bodies are spread by nearly 5 A...

   
NASA sends Mona Lisa to the moon — is deep space technology here? [VIDEO]
NASA sends Mona Lisa to the moon — is deep space technology here? [VIDEO]

NASA has reportedly successfully sent the world famous Mona Lisa to the moon, part of a test aimed at developing the next generation of deep space technology...