Japan will send a "transformer" robot ball to the moon
Japan has put together an all-star of tech companies to develop a ball robot that anticipates a future lunar mission
New theory: in the Earth's mantle pieces of the planet that impacted the Earth
The two large masses moving in the Earth's mantle, known as large low-shear provinces, would be pieces of a planet that collided with the earth.
An Ark on the Moon: 6,7 million DNA samples in a lunar bunker
The gene bank on Svalbard shows some cracks, and a team of scientists suggests moving the seed samples more safely: to a lunar bunker.
Nihao, Tovarish: China and Russia sign the pact for the joint moon base
China and Russia join forces by signing a pact for the construction of a common moon base. Big trouble for NASA?
Lunar Hatch, the plan to raise fish on the Moon
A French team is testing which fish eggs are best suited for launching on the moon. So far, the European sea bass is among the leaders.
China ready for Chang'e 5 lunar mission to bring materials back to Earth
For the first time in 40 years, lunar materials will return to Earth. The Chinese Lunar Mission Chang'e 5 is ready to take off.
What is the new discovery on the moon that NASA is about to announce?
NASA is excited about a new discovery on the Moon and is in a hurry to communicate it: what is it?
Bad news about the moon: it's radioactive. Very.
The data from the Chang'e 4 lunar probe are not comforting. The news from the Moon is clear: it is radioactive. Very radioactive.
NASA considers nuclear option for Moon and Mars
If we really want to start establishing a stable presence on other celestial bodies, the old options are not viable. NASA evaluates nuclear power for Moon and Mars.
NASA funds ideas for building a lunar telescope
NASA funds projects of a lunar telescope to observe the cosmos without radio interference and obstacles in our atmosphere
Earth has a second, tiny moon
Earth has a much closer second moon, but you can't go there: it's tiny. It has been around us for 3 years and will soon go away.
Scientists are extracting oxygen from lunar dust facsimiles
Getting oxygen (and metal) from lunar dust is a possibility that would greatly increase our resources to make colonies on the Moon.
SpaceX, Elon Musk launches its space program
Tonight at 21pm US time (after an hour's postponement due to bizarre weather) Elon ...
India loses contact with its Vikram Lander
India has lost communications with its Vikram lander while attempting to land near the south pole of the moon.
This inflatable habitat is the future of life on Mars
A rigid structure houses an inflatable habitat that can expand in later stages of the journey. The module consists of natural-sized rooms.
Long live Apollo! 10 technologies of today born from the mission to the Moon
For those who still wonder what served to go to the Moon, here are 10 pieces of modern technology born directly from the Apollo mission.
ESA's 'lunar stretcher' to rescue astronauts
ESA tests a rescue system for astronauts on a mission. A 'lunar stretcher' that drives like a caddy and brings an injured man back to the base.
The huge mass under the South Lunar Pole could be a buried asteroid
The data examined by a team from Baylor University in Texas present an oddity: in the observed crater area the gravity should decrease, but increase. The most plausible explanation is that the object responsible for the impact is still there, almost intact below the surface.
In 2020 NASA will launch the first living organisms in space for 50 years now.
BioSentinel is one of the 13 projects planned for the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for mid 2020. 47 years after the last launch of living organisms (Apollo 17, which reached the Moon in December 1972).
Here's how China will take the moon
8 and a half billion euros, collaborations with the West and a detailed plan that has already started and will be completed in record time: in Beijing they are serious.
Jeff Bezos: “it's time to go back to the Moon”. Amazon gets in the game with Blue Moon
A robotic spacecraft as big as a house, equipped with 4 different rovers, just to bring up what you need: on subsequent trips, by 2024, the lander will bring the first "colonists" with him.
