Lunar
"City-Killer Asteroid’s Lunar Strike Threatens Satellites with Decade of Damage in Days, Experts Warn"
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Lunar Impact Could Threaten Satellites [Image: An asteroid hurtling through space near the moon] NASA recently confirmed that the "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no direct threat to Earth. However, astronomers warn the 60-meter-wide asteroid still has a 4.3% chance of striking the moon on December 22, 2032. Such an collision could […]
Retired General Alarms Over China’s Quest to Mine Lunar Resources for Global Energy Control
China’s Lunar Helium-3 Ambitions Spark Space Race Concerns A retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general has raised alarms over China’s alleged efforts to mine helium-3, a rare lunar resource that could revolutionize energy and cybersecurity. Steven Kwast, CEO of SpaceBilt, claims China is already extracting the isotope from the moon, potentially seizing a strategic edge […]
NASA Employee Stole Apollo Lunar Sample for Illegal Sale Attempt
The Moon Rock Heist: A NASA Intern’s Audacious Crime (Word count: ~600) [Image: Thad Roberts in a suit, with caption: Thad Roberts, the NASA intern who masterminded the moon rock heist.] In 2002, 25-year-old NASA intern Thad Roberts made an unusual promise to his girlfriend, fellow intern Tiffany Fowler: he’d give her the moon. Unlike […]
Lunar Shadowed Regions Could Harbor Life, Scientists Suggest
Mysterious Lifeforms May Lurk in Moon’s Shadowy Craters Scientists suggest microbes could survive in the moon’s permanently shadowed regions (PSRs)—dark, frigid craters near the poles that never receive sunlight. A recent pre-print study (not yet peer-reviewed) proposes that bacteria like Bacillus subtilis, commonly found on spacecraft, might endure in these areas for decades or longer, […]
NASA’s Historic Lunar Mission Advances Diversity with First Woman and Person of Color
NASA Removes DEI Goals from Artemis Moon Mission, Aligning with Trump’s Executive Order NASA has abandoned its commitment to land the first woman and person of color on the Moon by 2027, signaling a shift in response to former President Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The agency deleted language about […]