Lunasox Telegraph - News from the Moon

• + Study Suggests Ice on Lunar South Pole May Have More Than One Source
  Brown University, Oct. 10, 2019

• + Sun Science has a Bright Future on the Moon
  M. Hatfield, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 03, 2019

• + How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the Moon
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 07, 2019

• + ‘Terminators’ on the Sun Trigger Plasma Tsunamis and the Start of New Solar Cycles
  L. Snider, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Jul. 24, 2019

• + Inside Dark, Polar Moon Craters, Water Not as Invincible as Expected, Scientists Argue
  L. Shekhtman, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 23, 2019

• + GSLV-Mk III - M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission
  Indian Space Research Organization, Jul. 22, 2019

• + NASA Selects Teams to Study Our Moon, Mars’ Moons, and More
  NASA/HQ, Jun. 28, 2019

• + NASA Scientists Find Sun’s History Buried in Moon’s Crust
  L. Shekhtman and M. Hatfield, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 17, 2019

• + Formation of the Moon Brought Water to Earth
  University of Műnster, May 20, 2019

• + The Space Rock That Hit The Moon at 61,000 Kilometres an Hour
  Royal Astronomical Society, Apr. 29, 2019

• + Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 15, 2019

• + And the Blobs Just Keep on Coming
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 04, 2019

• + Here Comes the Sun
  UNH has role in NASA’s first mission to the sun’s atmosphere
  R. Irelan, University of New Hampshire, Mar. 13, 2019

• + What Scientists Found After Sifting Through Dust in the Solar System
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 12, 2019

• + SwRI-led LAMP Instrument Sheds Light on Lunar Water Movement
  Southwest Research Institute, Mar. 08, 2019

• + Parker Solar Probe Reports Good Status After Close Solar Approach
  Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Nov. 07, 2018

• + NASA Team to Fly First-Ever Coronagraph Capable of Determining the Formation of the Solar Wind
  L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Nov. 06, 2018

• + Are Moon Caves Safe for Astronauts? Earth’s Lava Tubes Can Help Us Find Out
  M. Bartels, Space.com, Sep. 25, 2018

• + Mysterious ‘Lunar Swirls’ Point to Moon’s Volcanic, Magnetic Past
  N. Buccino, Rutgers University, Sep. 20, 2018

• + Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe
  S. Frazier, Parker Solar Probe/NASA, Sep. 19, 2018

• + The Moon Is Electric - Especially When It’s Full
  R. G. Andrews, National Geographic, Sep. 18, 2018

• + Bricks From Moon Dust
  European Space Agency, Aug. 20, 2018

• + Parker Solar Probe Marks First Mission Milestones on Voyage to Sun
  Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Aug. 17, 2018

• + NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun
  NASA, Aug. 12, 2018

• + It’s Easier to Leave the Solar System Than to Reach the Sun
  M. Koren, The Atlantic, Aug. 10, 2018

• + NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the Curious Case of the Hot Corona
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 29, 2018

• + Radiation Maps of Jupiter’s Moon Europa: Key to Future Missions
  NASA, Jul. 23, 2018

• + Molecular Oxygen in Comet’s Atmosphere not Created on its Surface
  H. Dunning, Imperial College London, Jul. 03, 2018

• + New NASA Model Gives Glimpse into the Invisible World of Electric Asteroids
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, 2018

• + Thank the Moon for Earth’s Lengthening Day
  K. A. Tyrrel, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Jun. 04, 2018

• + How Solar Prominences Vibrate
  Instituto de Astrof�sica de Canarias (IAC), Spain, Jun. 01, 2018

• + Breathing Lunar Dust Could Pose Health Risk to Future Astronauts
  Stony Brook University, May 04, 2018

• + Lunar Swirl Features Reproduced by Modeling Solar Wind Standoff
  Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Apr. 29, 2018

• + Projectile Cannon Experiments Show how Asteroids can Deliver Water
  Brown University, Apr. 25, 2018

• + Magma Ocean may be Responsible for the Moon’s Early Magnetic Field
  K. Valentine, Arizona State University, Apr. 24, 2018

• + On Second Thought, the Moon’s Water May Be Widespread and Immobile
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Feb. 23, 2018

• + SwRI Scientist Helps Characterize Water on Lunar Surface
  Southwest Research Institute, Feb. 23, 2018

• + Fossilized Feature Records Moon’s Slow Retreat from Earth
  T. Knoss, University of Colorado Boulder, Feb. 06, 2018

• + Bashing Holes in the Tale of Earth’s Troubled Youth
  A. Mann, Nature, Jan. 24, 2018

• + What Scientists Can Learn About the Moon During the Jan. 31 Eclipse
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 23, 2018

• + Space Weathering Asymmetrically Alters Lunar Crater Walls
  S. Stanley, EoS, Jan. 23, 2018

• + Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
  SETI Institute, Jan. 11, 2018

• + Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity
  E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Dec. 12, 2017

• + AGU Press Conference - Eclipse 2017: Studying the Sun-Earth Connection and More from the Moon’s Shadow
  NASA/GSFC, Dec. 11, 2017

• + India’s Chandrayaan-2 Mission Preparing for March 2018 Launch
  E. Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society, Nov. 29, 2017

• + Solar Minimum Surprisingly Constant - More Than Half a Century of Observation Yields New Discovery
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Nov. 17, 2017

• + NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon
  L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Nov. 09, 2017

• + Scientist Devises a Solar Reactor to Make Water and Oxygen from Moon Rocks
  S. Kraemer, Solar Paces, Oct. 26, 2017

• + Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres
  NASA/JPL, Oct. 26, 2017

• + A Newly Discovered Moon Tunnel Could be the Perfect Place for a Colony, Scientists Say
  A. Selk, Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2017

• + NASA’s SDO Spots a Lunar Transit
  NASA/GSFC, Oct. 20, 2017

• + Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons
  B. Steigerwald and N. Jones, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 18, 2017

• + New NASA Study Shows Moon Once Had an Atmosphere
  Lunar and Planetary Institute, Oct. 05, 2017

• + New Research Suggests Mercury’s Poles Are Icier Than Scientists Thought
  Brown University, Sep. 19, 2017

• + NASA’s Lunar Mission Captures Solar Eclipse as Seen From the Moon
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 29, 2017

• + Aug. 21 Solar Eclipse, From Ground and Space
  R. Garner, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 22, 2017

• + During Eclipses, Astronomers Try to Reveal the Secrets of the Solar Wind
  C. Cofield, Space.com, Aug. 13, 2017

• + Huge Scientific Gain Seen from Solar Eclipse
  Williams College, Aug. 11, 2017

• + Lunar Dynamo’s Lifetime Extended by at Least 1 Billion Years
  J. Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aug. 09, 2017

• + The Sun’s Core Makes a Complete Rotation in One Week
  Centre National del la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Aug. 07, 2017

• + Gravity Waves Detected in Sun’s Interior Reveal Rapidly Rotating Core
  European Space Agency, Aug. 01, 2017

• + Scientists spy new evidence of water in the Moon’s Interior
  Brown University, Jul. 24, 2017

• + Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on Asteroids
  Planetary Science Institute, Jul. 07, 2017

• + Magnetic Memories of a Metal World
  St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, Jun. 22, 2017

• + Innovative Postage Stamp Celebrates Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse
  R. Showstack, EoS News, Jun. 20, 2017

• + Inspiration Links The Beatles, a Fossil and a NASA Mission
  B. Steigerwald and N. Jones, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 01, 2017

• + NASA Orbiter Finds New Evidence of Frost on Moon’s Surface
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, May 31, 2017

• + NASA Renames Solar Probe Mission to Honor Pioneering Physicist Eugene Parker
  G. Brown, NASA/GSFC, May 31, 2017

• + NASA’s SDO Sees Partial Eclipse in Space
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, May 26, 2017

• + NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field
  W. P. Jeffs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Apr. 12, 2017

• + Lunar Lava Tubes Could Offer Future Moon Explorers a Safe Haven
  J. Wendel, EoS Earth and Space Science News, Mar. 24, 2017

• + NASA’s SDO Sees a Stretch of Spotless Sun
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 22, 2017

• + Solar Eclipse Offers Up a Scientific Bonanza
  G. Popkin, American Physical Society News, Mar., 2017

• + Biogenic Oxygen on the Moon Could Hold Secrets to Earth’s Past
  J. Wendel and M. Kumar, EoS Earth and Space Science News, Jan. 30, 2017

• + NASA Study Finds Solar Storms Could Spark Soils at Moon’s Poles
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 09, 2017

• + NASA Moon Data Provides More Accurate 2017 Eclipse Path
  S. Schlieder, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 05, 2017

• + Scientists Identify Source of the Moon’s Water
  Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, 2016

• + Luna 9: 1st Soft Landing on the Moon
  E. Howell, Space.com, Dec. 21, 2016

• + Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar System
  A. Hawkes, Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 15, 2016

• + Sun Storm May Have Caused Flare-Up of Rosetta’s Comet
  N. T. Redd, Space.com, Dec. 02, 2016

• + A Comet Star
  S. Leachman, The Current, University of California Santa Barbara, Nov. 16, 2016

• + The Sun’s Coronal Tail Wags its Photospheric Dog
  T. Regan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Oct. 11, 2016

• + OSIRIS-REx Mission Status Report - Sept. 15
  N. Neal-Jones, NASA/GSFC, and E. Morton, University of Arizona, Sep. 15, 2016

• + The Harvest Moon Rises Friday. And it Might be a Supermoon. And Theres an Eclipse
  B. Friedlander and A. Fritz, The Washington Post, Sep. 15, 2016

• + Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter
  S. Siceloff, Sep. 08, 2016

• + New Findings Suggest Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Geologically Active
  J. Wendel, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Sep. 01, 2016

• + Images From Sun’s Edge Reveal Origins of Solar Wind
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 01, 2016

• + NASA Discovers ‘Lonely Mountain’ on Ceres Likely a Salty-Mud Cryovolcano
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 01, 2016

• + Spotting the Source of Slow Solar Wind
  K. Wheeling, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Aug. 24, 2016

• + SwRI-led Study Shows Puzzling Paucity of Large Craters on Dwarf Planet Ceres
  Southwest Research Institute, Jul. 26, 2016

• + Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate
  E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 08, 2016

• + Scientists Find Possible Solution to ‘Faint Young Sun Paradox’
  Southwest Research Institute, Jun. 22, 2016

• + Graphite Found at Pluto Moon Charon and Dwarf Planet Ceres
  N. T. Redd, Space.com, Jun. 21, 2016

• + Scientists Identify Source of the Moon’s Water
  Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Jun. 03, 2016

• + The Sun’s Hidden Magnetic Field During Grand Minimum
  Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, May 20, 2016

• + Lunar Shelter: Moon Caves Could Protect Astronauts
  N. T. Redd, Space.com, May 05, 2016

• + The Moon as a Large Scale Meteoroid Detector
  Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, May, 2016

• + South Korea Selects Payload for Moon Probe
  H. Song, Korean IT News, via NASA SSERVI News, Apr. 20, 2016

• + GRaND Seeks Subsurface Water Ice on Ceres
  Planetary Science Institute, Mar. 22, 2016

• + Unexpected Changes of Bright Spots on Ceres Discovered
  European Southern Observatory, Mar. 16, 2016

• + NASA Day of Rememberance - 30 Years After Challenger
  NASA, Jan. 28, 2016

• + Ceres: Keeping Well-Guarded Secrets for 215 Years
  E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Jan. 26, 2016

• + A Close Look at the Moon’s Dust Cloud
  Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Jan., 2016

• + Why We’re Going Back to the Moon - With or Without NASA
  E. Berger, ars technica, Dec. 15, 2015

• + New NASA Study Reveals Origin of Organic Matter in Apollo Lunar Samples
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 28, 2015

• + Looking Over the Limb
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, Oct. 12, 2015

• + Ceres’ Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 09, 2015

• + Strong Evidence For Coronal Heating Theory Presented at 2015 TESS Meeting
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 28, 2015

• + ASU Chosen to Lead Lunar CubeSat Mission
  N. Cassi, Arizona State University, Aug. 25, 2015

• + Research May Solve Lunar Fire Fountain Mystery
  K. Stacey, Brown University, Aug. 24, 2015

• + From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
  R. Gutro, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 05, 2015

• + Lunar IceCube to Take on Big Mission From Small Package
  L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 04, 2015

• + Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images
  NASA/JPL, Jun. 22, 2015

• + Moon Engulfed in Permanent, Lopsided Dust Cloud
  University of Colorado, Jun. 17, 2015

• + Ceres Bright Spots Seen Closer Than Ever
  E. Landau, NASA/JPL, May 20, 2015

• + Dawn Captures Sharper Views of Ceres
  E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Feb. 17, 2015

• + Is Moon Mining Economically Feasible?
  L. David, Space.com, Jan. 07, 2015

• + The Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays
  NuSTAR Project, California Institute of Technology, Dec. 22, 2014

• + The Moon Comes Around Again
  New York Times, Oct. 07, 2014

• + NASA Mission Points to Origin of “Ocean of Storms” on Earth’s Moon
  NASA/HQ, Oct. 01, 2014

• + Turning the Moon into a Cosmic Ray Detector
  University of Southampton, Sep. 26, 2014

• + Electric Sparks May Alter Evolution of Lunar Soil
  D. Slims, University fo New Hampshire, Aug. 21, 2014

• + Lunar Pits Could Shelter Astronauts, Reveal Details of How “Man in the Moon” Formed
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 17, 2014

• + NASA’s STEREO Maps Much Larger Solar Atmosphere Than Previously Observed
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 25, 2014

• + Solar Photons Drive Water off the Moon
  J. Maderer, Georgia Institute of Technology, Jun. 17, 2014

• + NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact
  R. Hoover, NASA Ames Research Center, Apr. 03, 2014

• + LRO Mission and North America to Experience Total Eclipse
  C. Saravia, Goddard View Magazine, Vol. 10, Issue 4, p. 4-5, Apr. , 2014

• + NASA Extends Moon Exploring Satellite Mission
  R. Hoover, NASA/Ames Research Center, Jan. 31, 2014

• + Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
  W. Clavin, NASA/JPL, Jan. 22, 2014

• + NASA Selects Research Teams for New Virtual Institute
  T. Soderman, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Nov., 2013

• + Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Documents Online
  Lunar and Planetary Institute, Oct. 20, 2013
  Includes 210 documents with more than 17,700 pages of scanned material.

• + NASA’s EUNIS Mission: Six Minutes in the Life of the Sun
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 18, 2013

• + LRO’s LAMP Ultraviolet Spectrograph Observes Mercury and Hydrogen in GRAIL Impact Plumes
  Southwest Research Institute News, Mar. 26, 2013

• + NASA’s LRO Sees GRAIL’s Explosive Farewell
  N. Neal-Jones and B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 19, 2013

• + Leaping Lunar Dust
  N. Neal-Jones and B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 15, 2013

• + NASA’s SDO Observes Earth, Lunar Transits in Same Day
  Karen C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 11, 2013

• + Solar Wind Energy Source Discovered
  Dr. Tony Phillips, NASA Science News, Mar. 08, 2013

• + Space Instrument Adds Big Piece to the Solar Corona Puzzle
  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Jan. 23, 2013

• + Proba-2 Soaks Up Three Solar Eclipses
  European Space Agency, Nov. 14, 2012

• + Solar Eclipse 2012 Live Webcast, November 14
  Cairns and Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

• + Total Eclipse of the Sun
  T. Phillips, NASA, Nov. 13, 2012

• + Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils
  J. Erickson, University of Michigan, Oct. 15, 2012

• + Neil Armstrong Honored at National Cathedral
  NASA, Sep. 13, 2012
  From Apollo 11 Plaque: Here Men From The Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We Came in Peace For All Mankind. Signed by Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E Aldrin, and President Richard Nixon.

• + Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, Aug. 30, 2012

• + First Earthrise Photo Taken 46 Years Ago Today
  K. Cowing, Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP), Aug. 23, 2012

• + Magnetic Turbulence Trumps Collisions to Heat Solar Wind
  P.Dunn, University of Warwick, Aug. 17, 2012

• + Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spectrometer Detects Helium in Moon’s Atmosphere
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 15, 2012

• + New Report Presents Research Program for Solar and Space Physics Over the Next Decade
  News from the National Academies, Aug. 15, 2012

• + Heliophysics Nugget: Colorful Science Sheds Light on Solar Heating
  K. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 19, 2012

• + ‘Deflector Shields’ Protect the Lunar Surface
  J. Gilmore, Science & Technology Facilities Council, UK, Jul. 18, 2012

• + Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First Believed
  S. Bowles, Universities Space Research Association, Jun. 21, 2012

• + ESA to catch laser beam from Moon mission
  European Space Agency, Jun. 19, 2012

• + Researchers Estimate Ice Content of Crater at Moon’s South Pole
  B. Steigerwald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Jun. 20, 2012

• + Proba-2 catches solar eclipse
  European Space Agency, May 21, 2012

• + NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings ‘Earthrise’ to Everyone
  E. Zubritsky, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Apr. 18, 2012

• + Getting to the Moon on Drops of Fuel
  L. Pousaz, News Mediacom, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Mar. 30, 2012

• + How Water on the Moon Could Fuel Space Exploration
  L. David, Space.com, Mar. 29, 2012

• + Cosmic Rays Bombing the Moon Transform Lunar Surface
  Space.com, Mar. 19, 2012

• + Making the Case for Human Missions to Asteroids
  J. Foust, SpaceRef, Mar. 07, 2012

• + VLT Rediscovers Life on Earth by Looking at the Moon
  European Southern Observatory, Feb. 29, 2012

• + Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LAMP Reveals Lunar Surface Features
  Southwest Research Institute, Jan. 12, 2012

• + Solar Storms Could ‘Sandblast’ the Moon
  W. A. Steigerwald, NASA GSFC, Dec. 06, 2011

• + Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere
  T. Phillips, NASA Science News, Nov. 14, 2011

• + Ancient Lunar Dynamo May Explain Magnetized Moon Rocks
  T. Stephens, Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Nov. 9, 2011

• + Russian craft embarks on voyage to Mars moon
  Mars Daily, Nov. 9, 2011

• + Lunar Probe to Search for Water on Moon
  Space-Travel.com, Oct. 20, 2011

• + NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth
  NASA JPL News, Sept. 29, 2011

• + Exploring an asteroid with the Desert RATS
  ESA News, Sept. 22, 2011

• + Active Reconnection by a Quiet Sun
  ACE News #142, Sept. 22, 2011

• + NASA to Launch Guidelines to Protect Lunar Artifacts
  L. Laursen, Science Magazine, Vol. 333, Sep. 2, 2011

• + SDO Spots Extra Energy in the Sun’s Corona
  Karen C. Fox, NASA, July 27, 2011

• + Moon Express Announces Dr. Alan Stern as Chief Scientist
  Staff, Space Ref, July 20, 2011

• + Twin ARTEMIS Probes to Study Moon in 3D
  Staff, Moon Daily, July 14, 2011

• + LunaSOX Data Services
  AGU SPA Section Newsletter, Vol. XVII, Issue 49, July 13, 2011

• + ARTEMIS Spacecraft Prepare for Lunar Orbit
  K. C. Fox, Space Travel, June 24, 2011

• + LRO Takes Extreme Close-up of Eclipse
  NASA, June 13, 2011

• + Mercury’s Surface: The Role of Space Weathering
  Mercury Messenger Project, May 31, 2011

• + Lockheed Accelerates Orion to Achieve 2013 launch and potential 2016 Manned Lunar Flyby
  Ken Kremer, Universe Today, Apr. 26, 2011

• + What Future for Chang’e-2
  Morris Jones, Space Daily, Mar. 09, 2011

• + Waxing Moon Exploration
  David Sims, EoS Spheres, University of New Hampshire, Fall, 2010

• + Proba-2 teams up with solar eclipse watchers
  European Space Agency, Jul. 12, 2010