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A Wetter Moon
May 27, 2011
"Scientists studying samples of volcanic glass from the Moon have made a startling discovery: there's more water in them than was once thought."
Mapping the Roughness of the Moon Surface
May 14, 2011
"Written on the moon's weary face are the damages it has endured for the past 4-1/2 billion years. From impact craters to the dark plains of maria left behind by volcanic eruptions, the scars are all that remain to tell the tale of what happened to the moon. But they only hint at the processes that once acted--and act today--to shape the surface."
An Impressive Little Crater on the Moon
May 11, 2011
"Looking like a kilometer-wide flower on the lunar surface, it's an unnamed crater just south of Mare Crisium, on the Moon's eastern limb near the equator."
A Gallery of Images of the Moon
May 3, 2011
"Spacecraft have been studying the moon for nearly 50 years, but there is still much to learn and many more questions to answer. Here is a look at the moon as we know it."
A Sideways Look at the Moon
Apr 28, 2011
"Occasionally, LRO takes 'sideways glances' at the Moon instead of looking straight down like the spacecraft normally does. The Moon doesn't really look like this close up, because these images aren't scaled correctly (the width and height pixel scales are different by five times"
KREEP on the Moon
Apr 28, 2011
"What is KREEP, and why is it important on the Moon?"
Image: A Lunar Crater
Apr 16, 2011
"The crater shown above is located in the lunar highlands and is filled with and surrounded by boulders of all sizes and shapes. It is approximately 550 meters (1800 feet) wide yet is still considered a small crater"
Layered Blocks on the Moon
Mar 29, 2011
"Some recent high-resolution images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) have revealed large blocks on the lunar surface that show evidence of layers."
A Lunar Mystery
Mar 25, 2011
No one as yet understands the origin of 'lunar swirls'
A Lunar Photogallery
Mar 18, 2011
"Spacecraft have been studying the moon for nearly 50 years, but there is still much to learn and many more questions to answer. Here is a look at the moon as we know it."