Using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has created the highest-resolution, most accurate map of the surface of the moon ever. Great. Now let’s pick a spot to park our spaceships and let’s get back there pronto. More »
It may not be a Double Rainbow, but it’s a Lunar Rainbow! How could this be possible? it doesn’t rain there. The moon doesn’t even have an atmosphere… so how could the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s camera capture this phenomenal phenomenon? More »
The moon is shrivelling like baboon’s testicles in an ice-tea glass, NASA scientists said after analysing new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Not with those exact words, mind you, but similar enough: It’s shrinking because it’s cooling down. More »
While Ulysses dies in the solitude of space, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now alive and fully awake, sending these ultra-detailed images from the Moon’s Mare Nubium region. Go on and zoom in. It’s actually made of cheese. More »
