Recently it was announced that several probes had unequivocally shown that OH (hydroxyl radical) and H2O (water) were present at the surface of the moon in minute quantities. However, it was unclear how it got...
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It seems that space age instruments are now finding evidence of water-ice in the many locations we have pointed them to look. The latest to be confirmed includes asteroid 24 Themis. But is it from subsurface...
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NASA have crashed a spacecraft into the South Pole part of the moon in an attempt to throw up water/ice into the air.Another unmanned craft was sent to monitor the dust that went sent up after the crash."The $79m (£49m; 53m euro) mission is called LCROSS (the Lunar...
UPDATE, Friday morning, Oct. 9, 8:45 a.m. -- The Moon bombing apparently came off with a fizzle, not a bang. As network anchors watched and waited breathlessly, the grainy images from NASA -- live video taken from the orbiting module and an infrared camera image...
Its a Great achivement by India....." The timing could not have been better. Struggling to overcome chronic underfunding, technical problems and a lack of political commitment, and with public interest waning,...
Recent data from the moon indicates that OH (hydroxyl radical) and/or H2O (water) may exist on or above the surface of the moon. But what does it mean and how does it relate to active processes at Mercury,...
opinion by mgmirkin | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 329 views | 72 recommendations | 9 comments
Last day, while listening FM radio, a radio jockey commented that please send a bucket of water to my home, is there home delivery service for that Moon Water. Well this might be just a light comment on speculation regarding the availability of water on moon, and expenditure...
Sources reveal that Kangna and Kunal have been spending a lot of time in each other’s company and have been spotted together many a times around town. Kangna and Kunal both hail from the Bhatt camp and Kunal had even approached Kangna for his film Jannat which eventually...
" A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say. It was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees...
""In fact, Titan looks more like the Earth than any other body in the Solar System, despite the huge differences in temperature and other environmental conditions.""Titan is a fascinating moon, big enough to be a...
"A piece of lunar history lies in India" "As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing, few know about the role played by Indian scientists. The first men on the moon— Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin— collected 21.7 kg of rock...
A nice picture of the earth's moon with the planet of Jupiter in the background. "Explanation: Earth's Moon and planet Jupiter made a beautiful pairing in the night sky late last week. This skyscape recorded...
Known as the Most Trusted Man in America, Walter Cronkite has did at 92 years old."Walter Cronkite, America's preeminent television journalist of the 1960s and 1970s who as anchor and managing editor of "CBS...
It is techonological setback for India and its space research organisation, ISRO. The scientsist from the organistaion is saying that that star sensors are malfunctioning. when asked how long it will survive, he...