The Moon

WATCH: The Biggest Explosion On The Moon Ever Filmed

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has captured video of the largest explosion ever seen on the Moon's surface. A meteor smashed into the Moon back in March, causing a bright bu...

Lunar Estate Agent 'Has Sold 7.5% Of The Moon'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Tech

An estate agent claims to have sold more than 7.5% of the Moon's surface. Despite there being no current laws about real estate in space - and with...

Scientists Bounce Laser Off Long-Lost Soviet Lunar Robot

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Tech

Scientists have managed to bounce a laser off a Soviet Lunar rover which landed on the Moon more than 40 years ago. The Lunokhod 1 was the first re...

Mysterious Moon Flashes 'Explained'?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Tech

Strange 'flashes' reported on the Moon for hundreds of years have long mystified researchers - and even Nasa - with many arguing they don't even exist...

Nasa: 'We Will Not Return To The Moon'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Tech

To boldly go - but not go back. The head of Nasa has admitted that the space agency will not be returning to the Moon "in my lifetime". Nasa adm...

Russia Announces 'Aggressive' Plan For Robotic Fleet To Explore The Moon

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Tech

Russia has announced it will launch a fleet of space robots to explore the Moon. Nasa's former space-race competitor (when it was still the Soviet ...

WATCH: What Would It Look Like If The Moon Was Replaced By Other Planets?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

What would happen if the Moon was replaced by other planets in the Solar System? Yes, in actuality probably a devastating gravitational tug resulti...

PICS: Moon, Meet The Sun

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory is a telescope about the size of a truck which is in orbit around the Earth, 22,000 miles above the planet. Point...

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Could A Nasa Spy Satellite Reveal The Hidden 'Mini Moons' Orbiting Earth?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Tech

How many moons orbit the Earth? One? Two? Turns out, nobody really knows. The surprising truth is that aside from the massive lump of rock we k...

Our Two Moons, Side-By-Side In Space

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

Photographer Lauren Harnett has taken an astonishing picture of the International Space Station side-by-side with the Moon. In reality the two orbi...

Nasa Sends Mona Lisa To The Moon Using Lasers, For Some Reason

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has beamed a copy of the Mona Lisa to the moon using a high-powered laser. The image of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was beamed to the Luna...

Nasa Spacecraft Crashed Into The Moon (On Purpose)

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has successfully crashed two spacecraft into the Moon - on purpose. The two craft ('Ebb' and 'Flow') which together made up the Gravity Recov...

Nasa Could Be About To Announce Plans To Build A Moon Base

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Tech

Suspicions are growing that Nasa will announce plans to build a hovering Moon base to act as a stepping-stone for manned missions to other planets. ...

Moon Formed In 'Massive Collision With Proto Earth'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Tech

The Moon was created by a giant collision between two planet-sized objects, two new studies have concluded. The titanic event occurred around 4.5 b...

The Moon, Giant Leap for Mankind or Intergalactic Service Station Site?

Harry Deansway | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Comedy
Harry Deansway

Neil Armstrong is dead. Since that momentous day in 1969 we have barely been back, which begs the question was it even worth going in the first place?

Tickets To The Moon? Yours For £100m

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 19.08.2012 | UK Tech

A British company has offered tourists the chance to go the Moon - for the low, low price of £100m. Excalibur Almaz, an aerospace company based on...

Neil Armstrong Rare Interview: People Love Conspiracy Theories

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

His unbeatable feat of being first man on the moon is rare, but landing an interview with Neil Armstrong is almost as historic. The man who shook ...

PHOTOS: 'Supermoon' Dazzles Snappers Around The World

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Tech

Sunday night's sky was dominated worldwide by a so-called 'supermoon', prompting photographers everywhere to take some amazing snaps of the lunar phen...

Moon Boulder's 100 Million-Year-Old Roll

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Tech

Could the moon hold more secrets than we previously thought? Nasa has shared two amazing new photos of what appears to demonstrate strong gravity o...

China Proves Conspiracy Theorists Wrong With High-Resolution Moon Photos

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK Tech

Conspiracy theorists who think the Apollo moon landing never happened are weeping into their semi-skim decaf chai lattes today. China has publishe...

The Moon, Narnia and Hundred Acre Wood: What Else Made Children's Top 10 Holiday Destinations?

PA | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

Young children have sky-high hopes for their holidays, with nearly half fancying a trip to the Moon, a survey has revealed. More down-to-earth youn...

The Moon is Back

Trevor Neal | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK Comedy
Trevor Neal

The Moon is back! And it's bigger than ever. Not literally of course. It actually never went away and it's still exactly the same size (although I can't scientifically prove that). I'm talking in fashion terms of course and let me tell you, the Moon is going to be SO this millennium!

Nasa Probe Reveals Detailed Shots Of Apollo Moon Landing Sites

Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK Tech

New images of the moon landing sites have been released by Nasa. The shots show clear details of three of the Apollo missions, including boot p...