Earth and Moon Were Pummeled Beginning 300 Million Years Ago
Impact cratering from asteroids and comets is perhaps the most important process that shapes planet surfaces in the solar system, so it is important to know the rate of impact […]
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China’s Chang’e 4 Probe Makes Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
China’s Chang’e 4 probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon on Thursday, January 3, at 10:26 am (Beijing time). This is the first mission to land on […]
Detailed Geological Characteristics of Von Kármán Crater, Northwestern SPA Basin: Chang’E-4 Landing Site Region
The farside South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is the largest known impact structure on the Moon and is a hot spot for scientific and space exploration. In 2018, the Chinese Chang’e-4 […]
Moon Dust Potentially Hazardous to Astronauts
The lunar surface is covered by regolith that contains microscopically small, angular, and abrasive dust particles. A new study on simulants, carried out by Rachel Caston and colleagues at Stony Brook University, […]
Geosciences Special Issue: Recent Advances in Lunar Studies
Dear Colleagues, The journal Geosciences is accepting papers for a Special Issue related to recent advances in studies of the Moon. The deadline has been extended until the end of […]
EPSC 2018 Call for Abstracts: Late Accretion onto the Moon, Earth and other Terrestrial Planets
Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the European Planetary Science Congress 2018, EPSC 2018 (16–21 September 2018, Berlin, Germany), on the Session LSE1/TP15: […]
That’s Quite an Attractive Anomaly
Unlike Earth, the Moon does not have a global magnetic field, but it does display regional magnetic anomalies. The magnetic carrier in lunar rocks is metallic iron, but indigenous lunar […]
Lunar Phases, On Your Own Schedule
Goddard has recently released a new Scientific Visualization Studio webpage focusing on the Moon and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data: Moon Phase and Libration, 2018. Beginning January 1, 2018, the page […]
Mercury Takes Quite a Beating
In an effort to compare the relative rates of landform evolution on the Moon and Mercury, Caleb Fassett of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and his team measured the depth-to-diameter […]
2017 NASA Exploration Science Forum
NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) will hold the annual Exploration Science Forum (ESF) July 18-20, 2017 at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif: https://nesf2017.arc.nasa.gov/ The […]
AGU Session 24418: Exploring the Surface Properties of the Moon, Asteroids, and other Airless Bodies
The close collaboration between science, technology, and exploration enables a deeper understanding of the Moon and other airless bodies as our manned missions move further out of low-Earth orbit, return […]
AGU 2016 SESSION: P032: The Science of Exploration as enabled by the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids and the moons of Mars
Session ID#: 13390 Session Description: A close collaboration between science, technology and exploration will enable deeper understanding of the Moon and other airless bodies as we move further out of […]
PLANETARY SCIENCE SHORT COURSE
2016 Planetary Science Short Course (PLANETSC 9603A) Offered through the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), the Department of Earth Sciences, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University […]
Dust, Atmospheres, and Plasmas 2017 Meeting
The Dust, Atmosphere and Plasma environment of the Moon and Small Bodies (DAP-2017) workshop will be a forum to discuss our current understanding of the surface environment of the Moon, […]
AOGS 2016 SESSION PS-16: MOON AND MERCURY – A COMPARATIVE VIEW
Asia Oceania Geosciences Conference 2016 July 31 – Aug 5, Beijing, China Conference website Abstract submission deadline: extended to March 4, 2016 Session Description: Recent years have provided us with […]
New Views of the Moon 2 First Announcement
First Announcement #newviews2 May 24–26, 2016 Houston, Texas The New Views of the Moon 2 workshop will be held May 24–26, 2016, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, which is located in the […]
Microsymposium 57: Program Available
Microsymposium 57: Polar Volatiles on the Moon and Mercury: Nature, Evolution and Future Exploration The Woodlands Waterway Marriott, Montgomery Ballroom, The Woodlands, Texas, March 19-20, 2016. The Microsymposium 57 program […]
Moon-session at the 26th Goldschmidt Conference
Dear Community, We would like to make you aware of our Moon-session at the 26th Goldschmidt Conferences that will take place in Yokohama, Japan between the 26th June and 1st […]
Applications Now Being Accepted for Exploration Science Summer Intern Program
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE EXPLORATION SCIENCE SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) is hosting a special Exploration Science Summer […]
Saturn’s Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting its latest images of Saturn’s icy, geologically active moon Enceladus, acquired during the dramatic Oct. 28 flyby in which the probe passed about 30 […]