The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking by the lunar explorer KAGUYA, which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A hardy life form called cyanobacteria can grow in otherwise inhospitable lunar soil, new experiments suggest. Future colonists on the Moon might be able to use the cyanobacteria to extract resources from the soil that could be used to make rocket fuel and fertiliser for crops. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A plan to photograph the historic lunar locations with NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) should be a boon to lunar archaeologists who aim to solve some longstanding mysteries and also get a historic-landmark designation for the Apollo 11 touchdown site. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned its first images since reaching the Moon on 23 June.

The probe's two cameras returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds). picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

NASA has released images of its latest lunar exploration concept vehicle. picked by topofall 2 years ago

A lunar bouquet of flowers could greet astronauts who next set foot on the moon.

Odyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the "Lunar Oasis" project. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

On Wednesday night, Feb. 20, for the third time in the past year, the moon will become completely immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse. Update on this. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

If participants in the Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer study have their way, a telescope on the moon will allow astronomers to see 'back in time' and study the young Universe during the first 100 million years of its existence. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Last month's lunar eclipse not only treated skygazers to a ruddy view of the Moon – it revealed that Earth's atmosphere contains little light-blocking volcanic dust.

Some researchers say the low volcanic dust levels in the atmosphere over the last dozen years could be contributing to global warming, but others dispute the claim. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Japanese lunar orbiter "Kaguya" saw earth, moon and sun line up on April 6, 2008 and captured another "Earth-rise" and "Earth-set" HDTV video - this time when the Earth was full. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

In honor of 'Moon', opening today, we went kinda loony (get it?) coming up with our favorite lunar scenes in film and TV. (We restricted the list to our own planet's moon; sorry, Saturn and Endor fans.) Watch them here. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

There have been raging debates over the years as to whether there is frozen water on the moon or not. Soon two NASA spacecraft, a lunar spycraft and a kamikaze probe, will help answer the question by peering into the permanent darkness of craters at the moon's south pole. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

How do you survive in a remote, mountainous region that has no water or wind and sometimes goes without sunlight for weeks? picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

We normally associate space itself as being littered with the detritus of our nascent attempts at interstellar travel. The moon, however, is chock full of the remains of our various attempts to explore it. So, what exactly is up there? Moreover, does any of the stuff on the moon still work or is it just one giant cosmic trash can? picked by bingo 7 months ago

See the Moon turn red. On August 28, the Moon will plunge through Earth's shadow, and the United States' West Coast will see the best show. picked by bunmaster 2 years ago

Earthlings have mapped the moon's surface for the past 4,000 years, but NASA's latest view is the best yet.

Scientists have created a new map of the south lunar pole with Earth-based telescopes that is 50 times more detailed than the last version, created with data from the Clementine spacecraft in 1994. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Nancy Evans has been working since the 70s to preserve and recover the high-resolution images, which are stored on miles of obsolete 2" tape and can only be read using a rare (and equally obsolete) tape drive. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

NASA is preparing to test an inflatable structure that might one day be used to establish an outpost on the Moon. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

NASA-supported scientists have realized that something does happen every month when the Moon gets a lashing from Earth's magnetic tail. "Earth's magnetotail extends well beyond the orbit of the Moon and, once a month, the Moon orbits through it," says Tim Stubbs. "This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to electrostatic discharges." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The winner: Cabeus A, a relatively flat, 60-mile wide crater on the moon's south pole that may hold water ice in its permanently shadowed top soil. picked by kakana 2 months ago