New York: With an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes of water ice at its poles and an abundance of rare-earth elements hidden below its surface, the Moon is rich ground for mining, experts say.According to science
New York: The asteroid that flew past the Earth Jan 26 has its own small moon, NASA said.In the first radar images of asteroid called 2004 BL86, scientists working with NASA's Deep Space Network antenna
Beijing: China on Monday published photographs of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's first unmanned lunar orbiter, which returned to Earth earlier this month.The photos were taken
Beijing: China today launched an unmanned spacecraft to fly around the moon and back to Earth in order to test technologies to be used in the Chang'e-5, a future probe that will conduct the country's
New Delhi: Forty-five years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong took his "one small step" for mankind, becoming the first person to set foot on the moon. The program that resulted in that historic event, managed by
New York: Nasa's newest robotic explorer rocketed into space late on Friday in an unprecedented moonshot from Virginia.The LADEE spacecraft, which is charged with studying the lunar atmosphere and dust, soared aboard an unmanned Minotaur
Beijing: Multiple "secret weapons" will be used on China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe, scheduled for launch at the end of this year for a moon landing mission, a key scientist has said.The mission will see a
Washington: Using data collected by India's Chandrayaan mission, NASA has detected magmatic water locked under the surface of the Moon.The findings represent the first remote detection of this form of water that originates from deep
New Delhi: The first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon was launched on 10th of August 1966.The spacecraft was named as Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic. It was part of the Lunar Orbiter program. The Lunar
Los Angeles, Dec 14: The moon is about to take another hit.Twin NASA spacecraft are preparing to crash into the lunar surface next week after a successful mission mapping the moon's gravity.Scientists say the crash
Beijing, Dec 3: Chinese astronauts may get fresh vegetables and oxygen supplies through gardening at extraterrestrial bases on the Moon in the future, an official said after a just-concluded lab experiment in Beijing.Deng Yibing, deputy
Washington, Oct 15: Scientists have discovered that the most likely source of water on Moon is the constant stream of charged particles from the Sun known as the solar wind. The findings by researchers from
New Delhi: Don't miss the full blue moon tonight! Though Friday's moon will not actually be blue, but the term "blue moon" is used when two full moons occur in a single calendar month. This
Cincinnati, Aug 26: Neil Armstrong, a self-described "nerdy" engineer who became a global hero when as a steely nerved U.S. pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with the first step on the moon.
Damascus, May 2: Ten civilians killed by regime mortar fire and 12 troops died in clashes with rebels were among 30 dead in Syria yesterday just hours after a new UN call for all sides
California, Jan 1: As planet Earth rang in the new year, a different kind of countdown was happening at the moon.After a 3½-month journey, a NASA spacecraft flew over the moon's south pole, fired its
Tunis, Mar 23: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has launched a strong defence of the air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces which face growing criticism from doubters led by Russia and China.Raising the spectre of past
New Delhi, Feb 24: ISRO scientists have discovered a giant underground chamber on the moon, which could be used as a lunar base by astronauts for inter-planetary missions.Scientists at the Space Applications Centre (SAC), using
Scientists have detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the moon's North Pole using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-I. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40
Every year on Shah Rukh Khan's birthday(his birthday falls on November 2) an ardent lady fan in Australia buys a piece of the Moon and sends it to him, says a report in Mumbai's newspaper
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