The moon being tidally locked to Earth results in extreme environmental conditions, with 14-day-long periods of darkness and extreme temperature fluctuations. While solar power can provide energy ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Solaris promises to be a major platform for education and research, with a particular focus on academic research into the Sun ...

Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...

According to proponents of the project, the energy collected by this new orbiting installation ... taikonauts to the Moon. However, it would also be capable of transporting solar panels into ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several landing craft have crashed or toppled over. With ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics ...

China has announced plans to create a huge solar power station in space that will allow the collection of solar energy which can then be beamed down to Earth. The enormous infrastructure ...

An image of the solar system orbiting the Sun is seen at Solaris ... which will let researchers take high-quality images of the Moon and other planets. With all this, Solaris promises to be ...