MOON - RADAR DAILY

Origin of moon's 'ocean of storms' revealed

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

Oceanus Procellarum, a vast dark patch visible on the western edge of the Moon's near side, has long been a source of mystery for planetary scientists. Some hav...

'Man in the Moon' was born from lava - scientists

Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)

A dark lunar basin that, seen from Earth, produces the "Man in the Moon" effect, was created by an outpouring of lava and not an asteroid strike, astronomers sa...

Turning the Moon into a cosmic ray detector

Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists from the University of Southampton are to turn the Moon into a giant particle detector to help understand the origin of Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) cosmi...

Russia to Launch Full-Scale Moon Exploration Next Decade

Sep 24, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to launch a full-scale Moon exploration program in late 2020s or early 2030s, the agency's head Oleg Ostapenko said on Tue...

Lunar explorers will walk at higher speeds than thought

Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)

Anyone who has seen the movies of Neil Armstrong's first bounding steps on the moon couldn't fail to be intrigued by his unusual walking style. But, contrary to...

Year's final supermoon is a Harvest Moon

Sep 08, 2014 (UPI)

The supermoon is making an encore, its last appearance before the moon's perigee -- the portion of its orbit closest to Earth -- and 2014 slowly fade away. Of c...

China Aims for the Moon, Plans to Bring Back Lunar Soil

Aug 29, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

Chinese scientists are in the course of developing a recoverable lunar robotic spacecraft Chang'e 5 that is to reach the Moon by 2017 with a mission to deliver ...

Electric Sparks May Alter Evolution of Lunar Soil

Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)

The moon appears to be a tranquil place, but modeling done by University of New Hampshire (UNH) and NASA scientists suggests that, over the eons, periodic storm...

China to test recoverable moon orbiter

Aug 12, 2014 (XNA)

China is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon orbiter, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National De...

China to send orbiter to moon and back

Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)

China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year, the government announced Sunday, in the latest step in its ambitious space programme. The ...

August supermoon will be brightest this year

Aug 08, 2014 (UPI)

A supermoon is the term for a full moon that rises during the portion of the moon's orbit when it comes closest to Earth -- the moon's perigee. During its perig...

Manned Moon Mission to Cost Russia $2.8 Bln

Aug 05, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

A manned mission to the Moon will cost Russia 100 billion rubles (about $2.8 billion), Igor Mitrofanov, laboratory director at the Russian Academy of Sciences' ...

Tidal forces gave moon its shape

Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)

The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that mo...

Riddle of bulging Moon solved at last

Jul 30, 2014 (AFP)

Far from being perfectly round, the Moon has a weird shape, with a highland bulge on the side facing the Earth and another bulge on its far side -- a riddle tha...

China's biggest moon challenge: returning to earth

Jul 24, 2014 (XNA)

China's lunar probe, Chang'e-5, will be launched around 2017 and its mission to collect samples from the moon and return to earth is the most challenging yet, a...

Lunar Pits Could Shelter Astronauts, Reveal Details of How 'Man in the Moon' Formed

Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)

While the moon's surface is battered by millions of craters, it also has over 200 holes - steep-walled pits that in some cases might lead to caves that future a...

Manned mission to Moon scheduled by Roscosmos for 2020-2031

Jul 21, 2014 (Voice of Russia)

Russia is planning a manned mission to the Moon in 2030-2031, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) First Deputy Head Alexander Ivanov said on Monday, July 14, repor...

Landsat Looks to the Moon

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side of the planet, Landsat 8 pivots to point at the moon...

NASA LRO's Moon As Art Collection Is Revealed

Jun 19, 2014 (SPX)

The Lunar Reconnaissance team has marked the fifth anniversary of the lunar explorer's mission. LRO launched from Florida on June 18, 2009. After a four-day jou...

Solar photons drive water off the moon

Jun 18, 2014 (SPX)

Water is thought to be embedded in the moon's rocks or, if cold enough, "stuck" on their surfaces. It's predominantly found at the poles. But scientists probabl...