Four-tonne SpaceX rocket stage crashes into Moon
A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon on August 5, creating a new crater. The upper stage hit the lunar surface near…
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Soviet tortoises circled Moon before Apollo 8 in 1968
In September 1968, three months before Apollo 8, two Central Asian steppe tortoises launched aboard the Soviet Zond 5 spacecraft became the first living organisms to circle the Moon and return alive.…
Total solar eclipse crosses Spain, Iceland after 121 years
A total solar eclipse darkened parts of Spain, Iceland and Greenland on August 12, 2026, the first such event visible from western Europe since 1999. In Spain, totality lasted barely a minute…
Galileo’s Moon quote: how a new instrument changed seeing
Galileo Galilei, in autumn 1609, looked at the Moon through his improved telescope and saw, for the first time, an actual place with mountains, valleys, and shadow, not a smooth, silver disk.…
Seismic waves can detect hidden water ice on Moon, study says
Scientists have proposed using seismic waves to detect hidden water ice deep beneath the Moon's permanently shadowed craters, a method that could bypass the limitations of current orbital surveys. The University of…
Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage crashes into Moon
A four-tonne SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon at about 5,400 mph after drifting through space for more than a year. The impact occurred near Einstein Crater and was not…
Musk Proposes Moon Robots to Build SpaceX Factories
SpaceX chief Elon Musk has proposed using robots to build factories and industrial infrastructure on the Moon. Times Now News reports that Musk said lunar facilities could help SpaceX scale to as…
SpaceX Falcon 9 stage believed to crash into Moon
A spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 is believed to have struck the Moon on Wednesday at about 8,700 kmph, after travelling through space for months. The roughly 14-metre section…
