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Moon is rusting without air as solar winds bombard surface with hydrogen

The haematite in question was discovered in data collected by the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 orbiter

Is the Moon drifting away from Earth? Laser beams unravel a new mystery

By measuring how long it takes laser light to return to Earth - about 2.5 seconds on average - researchers calculate the distance between Earth laser stations and Moon reflectors

Indian scientists develop method for making brick-like structures on Moon

A team of researchers from the IISc and the ISRO has developed a sustainable process for making brick-like structures on the moon

Best places in India to see Sunday's 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse

It will be the first solar eclipse of this year takes place on the summer solstice, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere

Musk's SpaceX developing floating spaceports to take humans to Moon, Mars

The floating spaceports would be accessed via tunnels dug under the water and Musk-owned The Boring Company would construct those

India plans to launch Chandrayaan-3 by first half of 2021: Isro chairman

Isro will attempt to launch in the same area, and would have a lander, rover and propulsion module like its predecessor

A new 'mini moon' we didn't notice for 3 years! Scientist call it 2020 CD3

Earth's new neighbor is not in a stable orbit around the planet and is unlikely to be around for very long.

'Man on Moon' to Jallianwala Bagh, 10 key anniversaries that fell in 2019

From 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to 30 years of the felling of the Berlin Wall, and 50 years since moon landing, Business Standard lists 10 anniversaries that took place in 2019

How geological maps made the Apollo moon landings worthwhile

The scientific value of landing on the moon would have been diminished without studies to establish the context of the landing sites

Growing up in Space Age: We need a moonshot of the first footstep on Mars

Moonshot is necessary not because more flags need to be planted and more footsteps left behind on a distant world, but because of the need to inspire present and future generations

Vikram had hard landing; NASA releases images of Chandrayaan 2 landing site

Vikram was scheduled to touch down on September. 7. This event was India's first attempt at a soft landing on the Moon

Chandrayaan-2 performs 3rd lunar-bound orbit maneuver; landing in 11 days

India's second lunar expedition -- would shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon, its South Polar region

How big is moon and how far is it? Let's put facts into perspective

The equatorial diameter of the Moon is about 3,476km, while the polar diameter is 3,472km

Women yet to step on moon but well intertwined with it in literature

The moon is often envisaged as a female entity, which inspired poems on the theme of her gaze as she looks down on Earth benignly

How drawing map of the Moon for Apollo became a national priority

President John F. Kennedy announced that a national goal for the decade was to send a man to the Moon and back safely

Less support from women in space exploration? Time to change perception

Women have been historically excluded from the space program

Space travel was a dream for artists long before Armstrong stepped on moon

For centuries, the dream of human travel into the cosmos has fired imaginations

Explore first moon landing in your living room with Google's 3D re-creation

Users would get to explore 20 new stories about lesser-known aspects of the mission and the people who contributed to it

Footprints on the Moon: An interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

There is a lot of documentation about what's been left on the Moon - but it's amazing how much we don't know

Rockets to satellites: Moon landing innovations that changed life on Earth

As a NASA airborne astronomy ambassador and director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Manfred Olson Planetarium