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Ancient impact may explain moons contrasting sidesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 For decades scientists have puzzled over why the moons two hemispheres look so different despite sharing a common origin in the early solar system. The near side that always faces Earth is dom ... more 
Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightnessLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 SAN ANTONIO - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists working with researchers at UT San Antonio have analyzed Apollo lunar soil samples to determine how space weathering alters the Moon's su ... more 
Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraftTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a theoretical model that links electrostatic forces and contac ... more 
Danish Mani mission to chart lunar terrain in 3DBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark's first lunar mission, a European Space Agency project that will map the Moon's surface in three dimensions to support future landings and base constru ... more |
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Origami style lunar rover wheel expands to climb steep cavesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 A joint team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory UEL has developed a transformable airless wheel designed to help small rovers a ... more 
Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of lifeWashington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of earthly life, according to a recent study. T ... more 
Chang'e-6 farside samples reshape lunar impact historyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, and collaborating institutions have used samples f ... more 
Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skillsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong district. ... more |
 DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions 
Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon constructionParis, France (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by ... more |
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Voyager outlines infrastructure-led roadmap for long-term US lunar presenceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Voyager Technologies has launched a strategic lunar initiative designed to align with the White House Securing American Space Superiority executive order and to reinforce United States leadership be ... more 
Networks ready to keep Artemis II crew connected around the MoonLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 NASA is preparing a pair of global communications networks to keep the four-person Artemis II crew connected with Earth as they travel from low Earth orbit to a loop around the Moon and back. The mi ... more 
Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis EraLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares for the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rocket under the Artemis II m ... more 
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface power system that can operate on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign and future ... more |
 NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings 
Trump shifts priority to Moon mission, not MarsWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the Moon as soon as possible, putting eventual Mars missions on the back burner. ... more |
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New analysis sharpens view of cosmic birefringence and universe symmetryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2026 A research team has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in measurements of cosmic birefringence, a subtle rotation in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background that may hold clues t ... more  
Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2026 Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both ... more 
Frozen hydrogen cyanide crystals may have helped spark early chemistry for lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2026 Hydrogen cyanide is highly poisonous to humans, yet new work suggests it could have played a constructive role in the emergence of life on early Earth and in other cold environments in the solar sys ... more 
Engineered microbes use light to build new moleculesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2026 Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more |
Cosmic dust chemistry forges peptide building blocks in deep spaceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2026 New experiments show that key molecular building blocks for life can form spontaneously on icy dust grains in deep space long before planets emerge from collapsing gas clouds. In a laboratory ... more 
Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risksTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet. ... more 
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more 
Pressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbesParis, France (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 For many years, scientists viewed the deep ocean as a nutrient poor realm where microbes in the water column scraped by on scarce resources. New research from t ... more |
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JWST study links sulfur rich gas giants to core growth in distant HR 8799 systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Gas giants are large planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with dense cores but no solid surfaces. Astronomers have long debated how the most massive of these worlds form and where the boun ... more 
Dark star theory links JWST early universe anomaliesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2026 A recent study led by Colgate Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Cosmin Ilie, with collaborators Jillian Paulin at the University of Pennsylvania, Andreea Petric of the Space Telescope Sci ... more 
Debris disc oddities point to hidden outer planetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2026 Astronomers have obtained some of the most detailed images yet of debris discs around fully formed, so called teenage planetary systems, and say the irregular structures they see could reveal the pr ... more 
Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiationRochester NY (SPX) Mar 02, 2026 Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from ... more |
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