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Scientists have developed a method that could map water ice hundreds of metres beneath the Moon without extensive drilling—by measuring how moonquakes travel through the ground. Laboratory tests and simulations suggest ice-rich soil carries seismic waves two to three times faster than dry lunar regolith, while the current model extends to depths of about 800 metres.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (941+ words) Frozen regolith should accelerate, reflect and scatter moonquake waves in recognisable ways, allowing future surface arrays to prioritise deep lunar ice targets before drilling....
The Moon is rusting even though it has no air and almost no liquid water — and the leading explanation is that oxygen escaping Earth rides our magnetic tail 385,000 kilometres into space during the few days each month when the solar wind is blocked
3+ week, 2+ day ago (687+ words) Chandrayaan-1 found hematite near the lunar poles. Orbital patterns and laboratory tests point to oxygen ions escaping Earth and reaching the Moon through our magnetotail....
Saturn's moon Mimas looks like a dead, cratered rock — its surface is so inert that scientists assumed it was frozen solid — but in 2024 astronomers confirmed a global ocean hidden beneath the ice, formed just 5 to 15 million years ago
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (696+ words) Mimas looks frozen and geologically quiet, yet Cassini's measurements point to a young global ocean beneath 20 to 30 kilometres of ice. Published August 7, 2026 · How we edit Mimas does not look like an ocean world. It is small, cold and covered in…...
The reason Ganymede has a magnetic field at all has stumped planetary scientists for decades, and a new study suggests the moon's core may not be done forming yet
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (830+ words) If correct, the model resolves a long-standing puzzle about why a moon — even the largest one — should still be running a magnetic dynamo at all. Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system, bigger than Mercury, and the only…...
Astrobotic's Chakram Burn Marks the Moment RDREs Stop Being a Science Project
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (148+ words) ...
The Architecture of a Gutted Pipeline: What a 47% Science Cut Actually Dismantles at NASA
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1006+ words) The White House proposed a fiscal year 2027 NASA budget of $18.8 billion, representing a reduction from what Congress approved for the agency just months earlier. The Science Mission Directorate would absorb significant cuts under the proposal. If enacted, it would represent…...
The Moon's Interior Isn't What We Thought: Blue Ghost Data Upends Fifty Years of Thermal Models
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander spent time on the lunar surface in early 2025, and the data it sent back may force scientists to redraw one of the oldest maps of the moon’s internal structure. That sounds like a technical detail....
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (331+ words) Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 - Mars has emerged from its holiday behind the Sun, and we here on Earth have been able to reconnect with Curiosity and get back to work on Mars. Our first planning day last Friday gave Curiosity…...
Ancient impact may explain moons contrasting sides
8+ mon, 17+ hour ago (535+ words) The near side that always faces Earth is dominated by dark flat volcanic plains called maria that create the familiar man in the moon pattern seen with the naked eye. In contrast the far side has a much thicker crust…...