Lunar

Cataclysmic Event May Explain Moon's Mysterious Large Dark Spot

Posted 10.30.2012 | Science

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By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 10/30/2012 12:07 PM EDT on SPACE.com The largest dark spot on the moon, known as the Ocean of Storms, may be a scar...

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PHOTOS: Beautiful Ice Cream Cakes Shaped Like Moons

Foodiggity | Posted 12.03.2012 | Home

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That's no moon. Nor is it a mere scoop of ice cream. It's part of a series of ice cream cakes by designers Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien for Häagen-Dazs and the upcoming Christmas season.

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WATCH: Iconic Apollo 8 Photo Brought To Life In New NASA Video

Posted 04.25.2012 | Science

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/25/2012 12:16 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new NASA video draws on detailed maps of the moon's surface made recently ...

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WATCH: First-Ever Video Of Moon's Far Side

Posted 02.02.2012 | Science

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/01/2012 06:20 PM EST on SPACE.com A gravity-mapping spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed home its first video ...

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Lunar Outpost May Be Built By Former Space Rivals

Posted 01.20.2012 | Science

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By: Mike Wall Published: 01/19/2012 05:51 PM EST on Space Russia is talking to NASA and the European Space Agency about building mann...

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"Why Space" Part II -- We Need an Edge

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 03.18.2012 | Science

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I believe we will go to space because we have to in order to continue our growth as human beings. There is little choice involved.

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LOOK: Amazing Pictures Of Saturday's Lunar Eclipse

T | Posted 12.11.2011 | Green

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The last total lunar eclipse for almost three years occurred on Saturday, wowing sky watchers on many parts of the globe. According to the Associat...

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NASA Busts Woman Selling $1.7M 'Moon Rock'

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

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LOS ANGELES — She promised the moon, for a sky-high price. He wasn't buying. A woman who tried to sell what she said was a rare piece of moon r...

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Our Sputnik Moment: US Entrepreneurs Needed for the "Space Race"

Naveen Jain | Posted 06.20.2011 | Technology

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If we allow private enterprise to explore and take advantage of the Moon's resources, we may set ourselves on the road to energy independence.

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Moon River: What Water in the Heavens Means for Life on Earth

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

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We ought to consider how NASA's discovery of water on the moon could alter the fabric of life on earth. The implications of this find -- including the possible near-term development of a viable lunar colony -- are staggering.

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Gold Rush on the Moon

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

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From an economic point of view, water on the Moon is the equivalent of finding "gold in the hills of California." There is the potential for a California gold rush to hit the space community in the years ahead.

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The Year of the Moon

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Tomorrow is the anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on our Moon. In another ten years, most of the people involved with it will be dead.

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PHOTOS: Lunar Orbiter Releases First Photos Of Moon

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which launched on June 18, just released its first images of the moon's pockmarked terrain. The Orbiter c...

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