Artemis II crew describe ‘overwhelming’ emotions after soaring past the moon

Nasa astronauts begin journey home having collected eagerly awaited images of impact craters and ridges…

 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/07/artemis-astronauts-emotions-nasa-moon-mission

 

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances

The new study, he added, proves that complex prebiotic molecules are coming from the subsurface ocean of Enceladus. "That means we now have all elements required for Enceladus to harbour life – liquid water, energy and complex prebiotic molecules," Helbert said. "This makes it so timely to send a mission that searches for signs of life."…

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/01/prospect-life-saturn-moons-rises-discovery-organic-substances

 

People *still* have questions about this #shorts #history #space

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LKQ1WKKIy30

 

It's not magic it's science #shorts #history

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DtqEuzgd7_E

 

MAGA Church Plans to Raffle a Trump AR-15 at Second Amendment Rally – Mother Jones

The Rod of Iron Ministries was founded by Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon as a militant breakaway from the Unification Church founded by his father, the late Sun Myung Moon. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Pastor Sean Moon's sermons and social media videos espouse a particular End Times theology that predicts a future overthrow of the American government. He believes the AR-15 is an instrument of God's divine justice—the "rod of iron" invoked in Revelation 2:27. 

Moon often wears a crown of bullets, carries a gold-plated assault weapon, and rides a Harley in a helmet with a creepy skeleton facemask. (Moon also seems to have musical aspirations: He raps under the name King Bullethead and will also perform at this weekend's Freedom Fest.)…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/maga-church-plans-to-raffle-a-trump-ar-15-at-second-amendment-rally/

No, Google didn’t confirm that the 1969 US moon landing was fake - PolitiFact

Google's press office told PolitiFact in a statement that Google's AI did not discover that the footage from the moon landing was fake. And Google was not involved in the Russia demonstration depicted in the post's video, the statement said…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/16/instagram-posts/no-google-didnt-confirm-that-the-1969-us-moon-land/

No, climate change isn’t driven by solar activity and lunar phases - PolitiFact

Scientists found that the sun and moon do affect Earth's climate, but their influence is small and does not account for the rapid planetary climate changes of the last several decades. An overwhelming number of scientists and scientific organizations agree that human activity significantly affects climate change…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/29/instagram-posts/no-climate-change-isnt-driven-by-solar-activity-an/

Lunar New Deal: GOP Rep. Gohmert suggests altering moon's orbit to combat climate change

From the party that argues the climate can't be changing in a dangerous way due to anything humans can do because god is in control…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lunar-new-deal-gop-rep-gohmert-suggests-altering-moon-s-n1270219

Trump order encourages US to mine the moon

The world may be racked by the coronavirus, but Donald Trump has less earthly concerns on his mind, too, after signing an executive order encouraging the US to mine the moon for minerals. The executive order makes clear that the US doesn’t view space as a “global commons”, opening the way for the mining of the moon without any sort of international treaty.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/07/trump-mining-moon-executive-order

Missouri lawmaker wants police officers to stop women from getting abortions

Mike Moon introduced bill that would redefine fertilized egg as a person and effectively turn any attempt to terminate a pregnancy into murder....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/06/missouri-abortion-police-bill-mike-moon

Tardigrades, the toughest animals on Earth, have crash-landed on the moon - Vox

The tardigrade conquest of the solar system has begun.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/8/6/20756844/tardigrade-moon-beresheet-arch-mission

President Trump says NASA should “listen to the other side” of exploration - Ars Technica

We also heard praise for reusable rockets in the Oval Office Friday.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/president-trump-says-nasa-should-listen-to-the-other-side-of-exploration/

What the moon's craters reveal about the Earth's history - The Conversation US

New research on craters on the moon sheds light about when and how often the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites. ....
https://theconversation.com/what-the-moons-craters-reveal-about-the-earths-history-109692

Marco Rubio and the Right’s Bogus Attacks on Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong Movie ‘First Man’

The Florida senator accused Damien Chazelle’s moon-landing film, which just premiered in Venice, of being unpatriotic. He couldn’t be further from the truth.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marco-rubios-boneheaded-attack-on-ryan-goslings-neil-armstrong-movie-first-man

Ingredients for life discovered gushing out of Saturn’s moon - The Washington Post

New findings from NASA's dear departed Cassini spacecraft show that plumes shooting out of the icy moon Enceladus contain complex organic molecules. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/27/complex-organic-molecules-discovered-in-enceladuss-plumes/

This video is a beautiful reminder to look up at the Moon - The Verge

'It changes your perspective of things here on Earth.'....
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/25/17152392/moon-telescope-video-wylie-overstreet-interview

The President's plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions—here are the answers -- Popular Science

Trump isn't the first president to suggest we send people back to the moon, but his recent declaration sparked a lot of questions here at PopSci ...
https://www.popsci.com/why-go-back-to-moon

Trump's NASA Chief Pick Is Likely To Draw Criticism From Scientists : The Two-Way : NPR

President Trump's pick for the next leader of NASA is a fighter pilot who wants Americans to return to the moon but doesn't believe that humans are causing climate change. Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma has to be confirmed by the Senate before taking charge of NASA, and the two senators who represent Florida's Space Coast have already publicly objected to the choice of a politician as head of the space agency....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/04/548472775/trump-picks-oklahoma-congressman-to-head-nasa

It's fake news that the United States didn't land on the moon

An Internet post claiming that high-ranking Chinese officials had called the American moon landing a "complete hoax" is a fake news story that has been in circulation for years:...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jun/22/antinews/its-fake-news-chinese-lunar-rover-found-no-evidenc/

One of Saturn’s Moons Has Potential for Life

All of us can thank water for helping life emerge from the remnants of the big bang. Earth is awash in that slippery combination of hydrogen and oxygen, but we've always thought the rest of the solar system is mostly barren rock, noxious gases, and ice made from some really nasty stuff. This is not entirely the case, it seems. NASA announced Thursday that a subsurface ocean has been detected on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, with hydrogen pouring into it from hydrothermal activity on the sea floor....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/one-of-saturn-s-moons-has-the-potential-for-ocean-life?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews