NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured a high-resolution image revealing the crash site of Japan’s Resilience moon lander, developed by Tokyo-based private firm ispace. The lander was attempting a historic touchdown on June 5, 2025, in the Moon’s Mare Frigoris region, a vast ancient lava plain, but communication was lost shortly after its descent….
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace’s Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (Picture credit: AP) CAPE CANAVERAL: A Nasa spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. Nasa released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace‘s…
Stargazers across the United States are in for a visual treat as the annual “strawberry moon” graces the skies on the night of June 10.The Strawberry Moon isn’t pink, as the name suggests. This year’s phenomenon is special because it will coincide with a rare celestial event known as the Major Lunar Standstill, viewers won’t…
This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon (AP photo) A Japanese private lunar lander lost communication during its descent to the moon on Friday, leaving its fate unclear. Tokyo-based ispace confirmed that the lander, named Resilience, successfully departed lunar orbit, but contact was lost during the hour-long descent phase.The…
JAPAN: A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini rover. The moon landing attempt by Tokyo-based company ispace on Friday Japan time is the latest entry in the rapidly expanding commercial lunar rush. The encore comes two years after…
The far side of the moon — the part that always faces away from Earth — is mysteriously distinct from the near side. It is pockmarked with more craters and has a thicker crust and less maria, or plains where lava once formed. Now, scientists say that difference could be more than skin deep. Using…
NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency could. Last year, that was a bad bet. The first NASA-financed spacecraft missed the moon entirely. The second landed but fell over. But this month, a robotic lander named Blue…
From Thursday night into Friday morning, the Earth’s shadow gradually overtook the moon’s typically bright white face, which took on a ruddy red hue. It was the first total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, in more than two years. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align, in that…
From Thursday night into Friday morning, Earth’s shadow will swallow the moon, transforming the usually pearly orb into a striking red sphere. It’s the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years. Also known as a blood moon, the event will be most visible across the Americas, western parts of Africa and Europe, New…
On 14th March 2025, there will be a celestial occurrence happening along with the celebratory mood of Holi because the total lunar eclipse would overlap with the spectacular festival of colors. The phenomenon will create a stunning “Blood Moon” where the Moon would be glowing red-ish as it moves through the Earth’s shadow. The eclipse…