There’s been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which Nasa intended to use to get from the Moon to Mars.
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The World Monuments Fund submission highlights that there are almost 100 sites on the Moon bearing traces of the human history of space exploration.
Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending a long time walking around on the Moon.
Nations will need to tread carefully on the Moon in order to avoid conflict.
In 2025 we will see Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, the Moon turning red, meteor showers and more.
Lunar Trailblazer is planned to launch on the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission of 2025.
From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.
The dinosaurs went extinct on Christmas Day.
An extreme heating event may have interfered with scientists’ attempts to figure out the Moon’s age by dating lunar rock samples.
The discovery helps explain a long-running cosmic mystery about why some stars hurtle through space much faster than others.
The Space Launch System is a crucial part of America’s plans to return to the Moon.
Will it be Glacier or Athabasca? Maybe Courage or Pol-R? The Canadian moon rover will soon have a name, two years before it’s set to explore the moon’s South Pole.
New technology is allowing scientists to discover unexpected behaviour linked to the Moon’s cycle.
Nasa’s Moon programme has been hit by delays, while China aims to land by 2030.
The latest ‘space race’ between the US and China aims to get people back on the Moon. But the path to get there doesn’t have to be rife with conflict.
Before sending humans to Mars, NASA will first return humans to the Moon’s surface to test its technology and train astronauts.
Argentina and Chile will see the ‘ring’, but other regions will see a partial eclipse.
Parts of South America, the Pacific and Antarctica are under the path of an annular eclipse.
CubeSats have already visited the Moon and Mars and are key components of upcoming deep space missions.
A large space rock will be temporarily captured by Earth’s gravity throughout October and November.
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
