the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars ...

Sunny with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds from NNE to NE at 6 to 12 mph (9.7 to 19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 ...

The bottoms of hundreds of craters at the moon's South Pole, for instance, are permanently shadowed and may hold patches of ice. Some water also may be locked inside broken rock and dust on the ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera built by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Physics will blast off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This ...

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A spaceship has captured stunning close-up footage of the Moon, including breathtaking scenes of Earth rising and setting behind it. The footage, shared on February 19, was taken by Firefly ...

Scientists are set to launch a spacecraft this week to map water on the Moon, which could help future efforts to colonise its surface. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft, which will launch from Nasa ...

Scientists are set to launch a spacecraft this week to map water on the Moon, which could help future efforts to colonise its surface. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft, which will launch from Nasa’s ...

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This aims to map sources of water on the moon to shed light on the lunar water cycle and to guide future robotic and human missions. Once in orbit, the spacecraft—weighing 200kg and about the ...