Spectacular new images of a gigantic crater on the moon were captured recently by a low-skimming NASA satellite. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...
The Aristarchus plateau is one of the most geologically diverse places on the Moon: a mysterious raised flat plateau, a giant rille carved by enormous outpourings of lava, fields of explosive volcanic ...
The Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaged Aristarchus crater and nearby Schroter’s Valley rille on Aug. 21, 2005. The Hubble images reveal fine-scale details of the crater’s ...
Air Force Observers James C. Greenacre and Edward M. Barr had a painstaking job: with the 24-in. telescope of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., they were to map a part of the moon—the ...
The Moon is disappearing from view.
With the success of NASA’s Artemis I mission and the agency recently naming the Artemis II crew, progress towards humanity’s first-ever journey to the lunar South Pole region during Artemis III is ...
The next few nights are the best time this month to observe the moon with binoculars or a small telescope. Tonight (Jan. 12) the moon will be just past first quarter. This means that the sun’s light ...
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