In 2021, the United Nations proclaimed July 20th as International Moon Day, via the resolution 76/76 on “international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space”. Some key goals of the day are ...

I’m very much a Moon person but I’ve written a bit about Mars over the years as well, highlighting a few key aspects about the red planet’s exploration which I thought aren’t discussed as much or in ...

As we wrap up an insanely happening 12 months in Moon exploration worldwide, I present to you a huge, curated linked list of lunar technology and science developments across 2024, organized by country ...

Moon Monday #283: Some engineers and scientists are leading by example. These issues are especially important for lunar missions, which depend on accurate ephemeris data, surface coordinates, timing ...

What does Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion mean for NASA’s Artemis program? A domino of timeline lapses and strategic failures. Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the ...

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 ...

The Moon is an object that holds immense scientific value by itself. Its airless nature makes it a geological time capsule, allowing scientists to observe its features and infer events that took place ...

Four and a half billion years ago, our solar system formed from a swirling disk of dust and gas orbiting the infant Sun. The Sun gobbled up most of the disk’s material, while cohesion and gravity ...

Traveling the vast distances of space isn’t cheap. It costs spacecraft time, fuel and money. Fortunately, nature offers free help along the way which mission designers are happy to take. They’re ...

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 ...

Seen here is a lunar mountain range that stretches 600 kilometers in length. Called Montes Apenninus, it forms the south-eastern border of Mare Imbrium. The arc-shaped mountain range of Apenninus on ...

I started blogging in 2011 out of a desire to share the excitement of science with people. My initial writings were amateur to say the least, and remained so for years. But I kept writing anyway. Fast ...