Tag: moon

How much water is left for nature? The search for the appropriate environmental flow

ENVIRONMENT
In many rivers, only a small amount of streamflow remains for nature after water is diverted for hydropower production. In light of climate change and biodiversity loss, this is having increasingly serious consequences. Researchers from WSL,...

These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

PALEONTOLOGY
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks—plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore...

Saturn’s moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds

ASTRONOMY
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like "sand,"...

Sampling the plumes of Jupiter’s volcano moon, Io

ASTRONOMY
What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what...

Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon

ASTRONOMY
Asteroid 2024 YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) on January 29, 2025. The...

NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission

ASTRONOMY
The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over...

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

ASTRONOMY
A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North...

Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses

ASTRONOMY
Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put...

More potential locations for ice on the Moon discovered

ASTRONOMY
Ice may be present a few centimeters below the moon's surface in more areas of the lunar polar regions than was previously thought due...

Moon or Mars? NASA’s future at a crossroads under Trump

MARS
Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back...

How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon

ASTRONOMY
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on...

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the moon?

ASTRONOMY
The Artemis program has been NASA's best chance to get "boots on the moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from...

Moon is not as ‘geologically dead’ as previously thought, new study reveals

ASTRONOMY
Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark,...

The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site, but the value of ‘lunar heritage’ needs defining

ASTRONOMY
Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources...
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