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Firefly's Blue Ghost witnessed Earth blocking out the Sun from its point of view on the Moon, while we experienced a lunar eclipse on Earth.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Ice may exist just below the Moon's surface in more areas of the lunar polar regions than previously believed, due to localized temperature variations. Data from ...

With two commercial moon landers already on their way ... permanently shadowed crater in search of ice deposits. Ice would be a critical resource for future astronauts, if it can be extracted ...

The lander, called Athena, is a Nova-C class lunar lander and carries a drill and mass spectrometer capable of boring into the moon's soil to search for highly valued water ice. Such ice holds ...

Blue Ghost just sent back amazing photos of last night's "Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse from its perch in Mare Crisium, or ...

and is headed for the moon's south pole with a payload of gear intended to drill into the lunar regolith in search of highly valued water ice. Such ice holds promise for future crews in its ...

Ice could be present at more locations right beneath the Moon's surface at the poles than previously thought, a study of data collected by the Chandrayaan-3 mission has suggested. Large ...

Chandrayaan-3's Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) achieved unprecedented in-situ temperature measurements at the Moon's south ... and potential water-ice deposits, which are ...

In a new study, researchers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad have found that the area of the moon where water ice can be easily accessed is greater than expected.

The "diamond ring" phenomenon can also be viewed from Earth during solar eclipses. This occurs as bright points of light appear when sunlight pokes through valleys and mountain ridges on the moon ...