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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

SpaceMercury’s surface chemistry reveals clues to a much hotter volcanic past

A new infrared method suggests Mercury’s surface contains only about 37% silicon dioxide, far below previous estimates.

Joseph Shavit
SpaceEarth microbes could survive for days on the Moon, NASA findsJoseph Shavit
SpaceSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5Joshua Shavit
SpaceMassive underground structure discovered beneath the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basinJoshua Shavit
SpaceNew global map finds recent tectonic activity across the Moon’s surfaceJoshua Shavit
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