WHAT IF: The Moon Slipped Out of Orbit?
Every Wednesday, we’re asking a what-if question – how would our world be different if something were changed? Today’s question is from QSFer Scott: The moon has been Earth’s close … Read more
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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Baja Clavius: Dream Time for Moon Men – Madeira Desouza
Madeira Desouza has a new mm erotic sci fi serial story releasing on Kindle Vella – Baja Clavius: Dream Time for Moon Men. And there’s a giveaway! This serialized story … Read more
SPACE: Water Vapor Detected on Ganymede
In the wisp-thin sky of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected evidence of water vapor, a new study finds. … Read more
What If: The Moon Were Twice as Close to the Earth?
In the 2003 Jim Carrey movie “Bruce Almighty,” Carrey’s character suddenly acquires God-like powers, and uses those powers to lasso the full moon and pull it closer to Earth to … Read more
SPACE: Signs of Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus?
The methane wafting from Enceladus may be a sign that life teems in the Saturn moon’s subsurface sea, a new study reports. In 2005, NASA’s Cassini Saturn orbiter discovered geysers … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Dropnauts – J. Scott Coatsworth
J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci-fi book out in his Liminal Sky universe: Dropnauts. And there’s a giveaway! Life after the Crash. Over a century after the end of … Read more
SPACE: Musk’s Firm Wins Contract for New Lunar Lander
NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, picking … Read more
SPACE: Russia Planning Moon Landing in October
Russia is revisiting its Soviet space heritage for a new series of missions that will take the nation back to the moon. The first of those missions, dubbed Luna 25, … Read more
NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color & First Woman on the Moon by 2024
NASA will land the first person of color in addition to the first woman on the moon with the Artemis program, NASA’s Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed today (April 9). … Read more
How Long Would It Take to Walk Around the Moon?
From our vantage point on Earth, the moon looks small. But if you were to hop in a spaceship, don a spacesuit and go on an epic lunar hike, how … Read more