Seen here is the central mountain of the crater Bullialdus. Its composition offers a peak (pun intended) into the lunar interior.
Continue reading “The central mountain of Bullialdus and finding water on it”
This is special Moon Monday where I go in depth on a topic. So here’s a primer on how we found water on the Moon.
Continue reading “How NASA and Chandrayaan discovered water on the Moon”
Seen here is a lava-carved channel within another lava-carved channel on the Moon!
Continue reading “Twists and turns in the Moon’s Grand Canyon”
Put on your 3D glasses 😎️. Seen here is a 3D image of the Hell Q crater, made using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
Continue reading “3D Moon images and how to snap them!”
Seen here is an animated model showing how mountains form at the center of large craters on the Moon.
Continue reading “How do mountains form inside craters on the Moon?”
Some Moon missions that ended up in a crash were a success! We’re talking about the NASA Ranger missions that intentionally hit the Moon.
Continue reading “It’s craters all the way down! – NASA Ranger missions”
When we think about craters on the Moon, we usually think of ones that can be seen with a telescope. But there are also ones we can only see with a microscope, like today’s featured image of a micro-sized crater on a Moon rock!
Continue reading “The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]”
Seen here is the huge Apollo crater on the Moon’s farside, named after the the incredibly successful Apollo landing missions.
Continue reading “Huge, peak-ringed Apollo crater”
Seen here are fluid lava flows on the Moon, in the young crater of Pytheas.
Continue reading “Cone-shaped lava flows at Pytheas”
Seen here the 4 km tall and 25 km wide Haldey mountain as captured from orbit by Apollo 15.
Continue reading “A peak at Hadley”
Swirls are a rare lunar surface feature, bright and curvy shapes on the lunar soil. Seen below are a swarm of lunar swirls in the Ingenii crater.
Continue reading “Swirls of Mare Ingenii”
Seen here is the large Aitken crater on the farside of the Moon, hosting a complex array of terrain features.
Continue reading “The dynamic terrain of Aitken crater”
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