First pics from Chinese Moon rover Yutu
The Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-3 has successfully touched down on the Moon in the Sinus Iridum crater (also known as…
Water vapor seen gushing from Europa
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapor erupting from the south pole of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Astronomers have long…
Human sleep influenced by Moon
A report in Current Biology offers the first scientific evidence that humans are affected by the geophysical rhythms of the…
New moon discovery adds to Pluto’s mystery
The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a fifth moon – dubbed P5 – orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The…
Boffins ponder moon-water formation
When Apollo astronauts returned from the moon 40 years ago, they brought back moon rocks to undergo analysis, and one…
ESA Lunar Module A Real Smart-1
In the early hours of September 3, the European Space Agency’s SMART-1 spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface, the deliberate…