Illustration of the LRO spacecraft orbiting our Moon. Image: NASA / GSFC / Chris Meaney Three years since, NASA has not approved any LRO successor despite the LExSO mission being proposed by members ...
Seven uni-verses is a pamphlet of poems dedicated to humanity’s exploration of the universe. There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to venturing the brutal colossal desolation that ...
Welcome to the 250th edition of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! 🚀🌕 Radar scattering maps of the Moon’s north (left) and south (pole) as observed by the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter. Image: ISRO / SAC / ...
Where did our Moon come from? The origin of our cosmic neighbor is a fundamental question in planetary science. From Galileo’s first telescopic observations of the Moon to humans walking on its ...
For all our abilities, humans are puny creatures on the scale of space. The Universe we exist in is just too vast and beyond our intuitive contemplation. As we start the new year with wishes and ...
The real Lord of the Rings is Saturn, a massive outer planet boasting a set of rings about 27 Earths wide. Being a gas giant like Jupiter, Saturn shares many of its attributes: a strong magnetic field ...
The Moon’s farside hosts the spectacular 312-kilometers wide Schrödinger crater with its crown-shaped mountain ring formed 3.8 to 3.9 billion years ago. The 312 kilometers wide Schrödinger crater, as ...
The sinuous rille of Rimae Posidonius was formed during the time of active volcanism on the Moon. The hot lava melted and eroded the crater floor leading to the carved rille. The lava must be highly ...
Designed to study the Sun’s atmosphere, the Parker Solar Probe will go closer to its surface than any spacecraft before it. Things are going to heat up real quick. An artist’s concept of the Parker ...
Welcome to the 250th edition of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! 🚀🌕 One small step: About two months ago, Moon Monday crossed 10,000 subscribers. I did not announce it until now because I wanted to ...
Left: The Atlas V rocket of United Launch Alliance (ULA) taking off with NASA’s Curiosity rover inside the fairing. Right: Tory Bruno, CEO and President of ULA. Image credits: ULA Glued to the Apollo ...
As technology progresses, humans increasingly exploit resources of our home planet. One day, we might become an interplanetary species as imagined in The Expanse. One of the fundamental steps towards ...
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