Moon

#Perspective / Beauty straight out of fairy tales: Why we can’t stop loving the moon

One does need a dose of romance — even a dash of lunacy perhaps — to appreciate a full moon night, but to those who eagerly wait to behold nature’s symphony, it is an ethereal experience.

Moon may contain more ice than past estimations: study

A recent study by space scientists from India and the US reveals evidence for a greater possibility of finding much more water-ice in the craters of the moon’s two polar regions than estimated in the past.

POETRY / mouthful of moon

What moon might mean to you

Do you look at the moon?

The unpredictability of the moon brings us closer to ourselves.

Eid: Moon sighting committee to meet tomorrow

The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet tomorrow evening to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims.

Lunar eclipse 2019 marks Moon landing's 50th anniversary

Fifty years to the day since mankind launched the first mission to set foot on it, the Moon is set to treat Earthlings to a partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday.

Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shape

By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports.

Edgar Mitchell, sixth man on the Moon, dies aged 85

US astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who is the sixth man to walk on the Moon, has died aged 85.

Violent impact that created moon mixed lunar, earth rocks

The colossal impact that created the moon may have spawned the cosmic mashup between the rocks that ultimately became Earth and its lunar neighbor, Space.com reports quoting researchers.

October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015

Earth's gravitational pull cracks open moon

The gravitational pull of earth is massaging the moon, opening up faults in the lunar crust, researchers say.

September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015

Supermoon' coincides with lunar eclipse

People around the world watch the skies to observe a rare celestial event, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon".

September 27, 2015
September 27, 2015

Rare 'supermoon' eclipse unfolds tonight

Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat tonight and tomorrow when the shadow of earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the result of rare combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.

February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015

Scientists say they have gained new insight into what lies at Earth core

Scientists say they have gained new insight into what lies at the very centre of the Earth

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