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Hidden reserves of water ice discovered under surface of moon
Scientists from Tohoku University in Japan have found mineral called moganite in lunar meteorite that point to presence of abundant hidden reserves of water ice under the surface...Yuegong-1
China has set up a 160-square-meter (1,720-square-foot) laboratory known as Lunar Palace 1 or Moon Palace 1 or Yuegong-1is a Chinese research facility for developing a moon base. It is an environmentally closed facility where...
Scientists create first global map of water on Moon
Scientists from Brown University in US have created first map of water trapped in uppermost layer of Moon’s soil. The was build using NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper onboard... China to send Mini-Ecosystems to the Moon
China is planning to send mini-ecosystems comprising of potato seeds and silkworm eggs to the Moon by next year. The move is aimed at studying how the organisms... Moon engulfed in permanent, lopsided dust cloud: Study
Recently published study in the journal Nature has revealed that Moon is engulfed in a permanent but lopsided dust cloud made up of tiny dust grains. The study...Supermoon: Moon to be closest to Earth
On the May 6, 2012, the moon will be closest to the earth than it will be on any other night in 2012 and will appear significantly larger....NASA’s GRAIL Mission
GRAIL refers to Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory. GRAIL is a discovery mission programme of NASA which is currently making final launch preparations for its Sept 8 launch...
