astronomy

Moon colonization: many lava tube caves, water and high amounts of titanium

Posted in Science on 22nd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

Inflatable module with a hard outer shell could be placed into tubes and they would be designed to seal the openings.

Japan Just Discovered the Perfect Spot to Build a Moonbase

Posted in Science on 21st Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

Its only now that analysis of the radar data has revealed just how big this cave is.

NASA study shows Moon once had an atmosphere

Posted in Science on 7th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

An atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, when volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space.

NASA finds buried water ice at Mars equator by Double checking old data

Posted in Science on 3rd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

Scientists taking a new look at old data from NASAs Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of water ice near the equator.

Astronomers consult the underworld to name Pluto's first features

Posted in Science on 8th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

In July 2015, the New Horizons probe zipped past Pluto, and images and information gathered are still being processed and studied.