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This year the Apollo 11 mission turns 50 - but what does the future hold for the Moon? The ephemeral shadows cast by human artefacts may soon be joined by more permanent scars of lunar mining.
Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.
Scientists are figuring out how to reduce the cost of space travel – to and from the Moon and possibly to Mars. One approach is to mine the Moon for resources necessary for interplanetary travel.
Throughout the world, unique sites of natural and cultural heritage are protected for future generations. But what about sites on the moon that represent the beginning of the human space age?
Australia has a well-earned reputation as a mining nation. Now we’re moving towards mining ‘off world’, on the Moon.
The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.
New research on craters on the moon sheds light about when and how often the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites.
Can China build a lunar base? Absolutely. Can human beings survive on the Moon and other planets for the long term? The answer to that is less clear.
The moon’s far side looks redder than its near side. An expert explains what the actual colour is.
China has become the first to land on the far side of the moon. And unlike previous uncrewed moon landings, it relied on sophisticated technology rather than luck.
Naming features on other worlds is a trickier issue than you might think.
When you look up at the vastness of space you can see hundreds, thousands and even millions of years into the past.
The three astronauts read from the Bible as part of their message from the Moon. Then on return one declared: “Please be informed there is a Santa Claus.”
Fifty years ago people saw our planet from the outside for the first time.
The Moon has gravity of its own, which pulls the oceans (and us) towards it.
The new film is a down-to-Earth portrayal of astronaut Neil Armstrong and our complex relationship with the Moon.
The ‘illumination hypothesis’ – suggests that criminals like enough light to ply their trade, but not so much as to increase their chance of apprehension.
The moon is our closest neighbour and our best hope for building capacity to explore space.
The blood moon myths are many and varied, but, at the end of the day, it’s just an eclipse.
Top contributors
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor in Earth and Planetary Science, Western University
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Reader in Astrophysics, Keele University
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, The Open University
