Photographers have captured the stunning March super ‘worm’ moon as it lights up natural landmarks, modern buildings and ancient monuments across the globe. The ‘worm moon’, named that way to represent the beginning of springtime, reached its peak brightness in the sky over the UK at about 17:48 GMT on Monday. It was a ‘spectacularly … Read more
NASA has opened applications for the next generation of astronauts that will travel to the Moon and Mars. Potential space farers have until the end of this month to submit their application to the US space agency, which says ‘extensive travel may apply’. New astronauts will have to undergo a two-year training and evaluation period … Read more
Giant volcanic eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io have been spotted by NASA’s Juno probe. On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission’s 17th flyby of the gas giant. Stunned researchers say they hit the jackpot by … Read more
Blue Origin is now in the running to put Americans back on the moon by 2024. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has revealed the ambitious next steps for his aerospace company at a highly-secretive media event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. During the event, which kicked off at 4 p.m., the billionaire and Blue Origin founder … Read more
Look up! Venus and the moon will ‘meet’ in the sky during a celestial event after the sun sets tonight Venus and the moon will appear to be side-by-side tonight after sunset The moon will sit below the Aries Constellation with Venus to its side Venus is currently climbing high in the sky and is … Read more
Chinese rover is the first to investigate the dark side of the moon and finds three distinct layers after probing 131 feet below the lunar surface China’s Yutu-2 rover probed 131 feet below moon on its dark side Using radar, it found the moon’s ‘internal architecture’ consists of three layers The top consists of lunar … Read more
The US government is developing a nuclear rocket to send satellites into the vast space between the Earth and the Moon, in a renewed space race with China. The rocket will have a nuclear thermal propulsion engine and is being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the government. The engine uses a … Read more
NASA video shows Apollo 13 crew’s view of the moon before having to abort their mission in 1970 because of an explosion aboard the ship Apollo 13 was set to be NASA’s third mission to the moon, but an explosion on board canceled the landing A new video recreates the crew’s view of the moon … Read more