Sticking with my theme of art and astronomy… Back in March 2012, I posted a remarkable video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (where I used to work) showing the motion of the Moon and how its ...

The combination of the slow rocking back and forth of the moon called libration brings into view three lunar maria or "seas" that are normally hidden around the backside - Mare Humboldtianum, M.

James Van Allen discovered the two Earth-circling radiation belts that bear his name in 1958. The discovery, based on data from Explorer 1 (the first U.S. satellite), Explorer 3, and Pioneer 3, was ...

Accurate predictions of the Moon’s position in space will be essential for lunar exploration and for establishing the Moon as a base for future space missions. However, the Moon’s rotation and orbit ...

First, authors present the dynamical models and pursuit-evasion orbits used in this paper In this paper, the Earth-Moon rotating frame (EMR) and the circular restricted three body problem (CR3BP) is ...

The Moon takes the same time (27.3 days) to rotate once on its axis as it takes to orbit the Earth. This is called synchronous rotation. Does this mean we always see the same face of the Moon, and ...

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