Ss:Moon

The only natural satellite of the Earth. Its existence has affected life on Earth with its bright light and tidal effects. The closest relative mass for any satellite of a planet. One side faces the Earth, while the other always faces away. Has extensive volcanic past, negligible atmosphere. Presents an old cratered surface. Thought to have been formed when a planet-sized object struck the Earth. The only other body in the solar system that mankind has landed on. Currently orbited by the GRAIL satellites.

Lunar Web Pages

 * Wikipedia

Moon Places in the News
See also Space Places in the News
 * Erlanger Crater (Sep 09) -
 * Sea of Tranquility (Jul 2009) -
 * Sea of Clouds (Jul 2009) -
 * Sea of Cold (Jul 09) -
 * Descartes Highlands (Jul 09) -
 * Shackelton Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Anaxagoras A Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Tycho Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Aristarchus Plateau (Jul 09) -
 * Tsiolkovskiy Crater (Jul 09) -
 * Hell E Crater (Jul 09) -
 * South Pole Aitken Bain (Jul 09) -
 * Goddard C Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Gill Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Ocean of Storms (Jun 09) -
 * The Great Wall of Procellarum (Jun 09) -
 * Planitia Descensus (Jun 09) -
 * Galilaei Crater (Jun 09) -
 * Copernicus Crater (Mar 09) -
 * Dririchlet-Jackson Basin (Feb 09) -
 * Antoniadi Crater (Feb 09) -
 * Mare Smythii (Feb 09) -

Static Electricity A Hazard (Apr 2007)

 * http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11616-moon-dust-danger-could-peak-in-10-years.html

Early Soviet Lunar Photoes Reprocessed (May 2007)
Reprocessed images of images by Luna 3 and Zond 3 reveal details of the Dark Side of the Moon.
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070514_moon_images.html

Lazer Beams Reflected off Rover (Jun 2010)

 * http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/03jun_oldrover/

Chang'e-1 to Impact the Moon (Jan 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/08/content_10625458.htm

Chang'e-1 Impacts the Moon (Mar 2009)

 * http://in.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idINTRE52013520090301
 * http://en.rian.ru/world/20090301/120363425.html
 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm

China To Complete Hi Res Map of Moon (Aug 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11830895.htm

Science Team to Study Data (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1007/16titan/

Global LALT Map Created (Feb 2009)
- Highest point is Dririchlet-Jackson basin, lowest point is Antoniada crater
 * http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/moonmap.htm

Four Kaguya Science Papers (Feb 2009)
1) Lunar Radar Sounder Observations of Subsurface Layers under the Nearside Maria* of the Moon 2) Farside Gravity Field of the Moon from the Four-way Doppler Measurements of the SELENE (Kaguya) 3) The Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry 4) The Long-lived Volcanism on the Lunar Farside Revealed by the SELENE Terrain Camera
 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/02/20090213_kaguya_e.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090212-moon-far-side.html

First Far Side Gravity Map Produced (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16606-first-gravity-map-of-moons-far-side-unveiled.html
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40813/title/About-face_A_look_at_the_moons_farside
 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2551/map-moons-far-side-offers-new-clues-its-formation
 * http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37773

Kaguya to Crash Into the Moon (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0906/09kaguya/
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html

SMART-1 Team Maps Kaguya's Future Impact Site (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMM5RVTGVF_0.html

Kaguya Crashes Into Moon (Jun 2009)

 * http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090612a1.html
 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Chandrayaan-1-is-sole-moon-craft-in-space/articleshow/4645816.cms
 * http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/en/communication/KAGUYA_Lunar_Impact_e.htm
 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/KAG061109.xml&headline=Kaguya%20Moon%20Probe%20Impacts%20Surface%20&channel=space
 * http://www.smh.com.au/world/lunar-landing-japan-claims-a-kaguya-coup-20090611-c50i.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/2009june8-week-in-space/4

Pre-Impact Photos Released (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_hdtv_e.html

3D Movie of Kaguya's Crash Created (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_e.html

Uranium Found on the Moon by Kaguya (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/2009july3-week-in-space/6
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090629-uranium-moon.html

Japan's Mission Complete, Fails to Find Water (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0907/06kaguya/

Uranium Map Shows Scarce Uranium (Jun 2010)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/new-moon-uranium-map-100622.html

Olivine Found in Rocks Excavated by Craters (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon-mantle-exposed-craters-100705.html
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10511064
 * http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/moons-craters-hold-clues-to-the-.html

Iron Bearing Minerals Found at Oriental Basin (Dec 08)

 * http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=106496
 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200812271240.htm
 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-239

First Images to be Released (Dec 2008)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200812301121.htm

Mission Could Last More than 2 Years (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901041714.htm

Resolution and Scope Touted (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.india.com/technology/computers/chandrayaan_sends_pretty_pictures_moon_2587
 * http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Chandrayaan_Beams_40000_Images_of_Moon_Surface/551-97700-547.html

Experimental Radar Peers Into South Polar Haworth Crater (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/DARK012209.xml&headline=Chandrayaan%20Radar%20Peers%20Into%20Lunar%20Crater
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/access/id/40164/title/First_image_of_Moons_Haworth_crater

Detects X-Rays from the Moon (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090126-lunar-xrays-solar-flare.html
 * http://www.newspostonline.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-camera-detects-x-ray-signal-from-moon-2009012328630
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/24/stories/2009012454901100.htm
 * http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/C1XSresult.aspx

First Review of Science by ISRO(Jan 2009)

 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090128/jsp/nation/story_10449332.jsp
 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090128/jsp/nation/story_10449332.jsp

Thoughts of the Impactor (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200901281011.htm

Chandrayaan-1 in Orbit 100 Days (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200901300325.htm
 * http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isro-to-examine-chandrayaans-preliminary-data/83973-11.html
 * http://www.spacetoday.net/getarticle.php3?id=133862

Chandrayaan-1 Confirms Lunar Highlands Formed in a Magma Ocean (Apr 2009)

 * http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Its-strike-II-for-Chandrayaan/articleshow/4463113.cms

Chandrayaan-1 Orbit Raised (May 2009)

 * http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090521/jsp/nation/story_10998779.jsp
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/21/stories/2009052155301100.htm
 * http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/008200905201781.htm
 * http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfurzljjbgh&title=Chandrayaan_orbit_raised_to_200_km_from_moon&?vsv=TopHP1

Chandrayaan-1 Finds Water Ice at North Polar Areas (Apr-May 2009)

 * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/10/content_11164495.htm
 * http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_isro-nasa-scientists-sniff-water-on-moon_1257946

Before Joint Mission (Aug 2009)

 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Isro-Nasa-to-jointly-look-for-water-on-Moon/articleshow/4917100.cms

Space probes fly in tandem to search for lunar water (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Sats082109.xml&headline=Two%20Satellites%20Search%20For%20Lunar%20Ice&channel=space
 * http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20090821_isro-nasa.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17679-space-probes-fly-in-tandem-to-search-for-lunar-water.html

Tandem Moon Observations Failed (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/Tandem090409.xml&headline=Tandem%20Lunar%20Observations%20Failed

Aftermath of Chandrayaan-1 Failure (Sep 2009)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8230230.stm
 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Ahmedabad/Scientists-pin-hopes-on-data-collected-from-Chandrayaan-1/articleshow/4952332.cms

Chandrayaan-1 Supports Lunar Magma Ocean Hypothesis (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.ptinews.com/news/261103_Chandrayaan-1-confirms-lunar-magma-ocean-hypo
 * http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20090902_chandrayaan_mission.html

Chandrayaan-1 Found Evidence for Apollo 15 (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6128889/India-has-successful-moon-mission.html
 * http://gizmodo.com/5352410/indian-probe-takes-clear-photo-of-apollo-15-hopefully-smashing-conspiracy-theories-forever

Global Partners Pleased by Science Results (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/space-scientists-laud-indias-moon-mission-data-despite-setback_100244155.html
 * http://www.ptinews.com/news/269567_Chandrayaan-scientists-exchange-ideas-from-mission

Failure Caused by Heat Issues, Was Covered Up (Sep 2009)

 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Chandrayaan-I-was-killed-by-heat-stroke/articleshow/4979818.cms
 * http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/ET-Cetera/ISRO-admits-miscalculation-led-to-Chandrayaans-termination/articleshow/4981293.cms

Chandrayaan-II To be launched by 2013 (Jul 2009)

 * http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jhetknaijjj&title=Chandrayaan_II_to_be_launched_by_2013
 * http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070556691600.htm

British Team Shows Ice Most Likely in Polar Regions (Dec 2008)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7803345.stm
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/du-mpc121708.php

Pre-Launch Activities (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-103_LRO_LCROSS_prelaunch.html

LRO and LCROSS Launched (Jun 2009)

 * http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i25/8725news6.html
 * http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/06/20/20090620moonlaunch0620.html

LCROSS Completes Lunar Swingby (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-145_LCROSS_Swingby.html

NASA's LCROSS's Centaur to Impact Lunar Pole to Find Water (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/crashing-into-the-moon-for-science/
 * http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-08/18/nasa-blasts-moon-in-search-for-water.aspx
 * http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09211/987142-51.stm
 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw062909p3.xml&headline=Lcross%20Will%20Crash%20To%20Search%20for%20Water%20on%20the%20Moon

First Images from LCROSS (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090624-lcross-firstlight.html
 * http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northrop-GrummanBuilt-LCROSS-pz-1495393443.html?x=0&.v=1

LRO Completes Thermal Vacuum Tests (Dec 2008)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_08-335_LRO_Thermal_Complete.html

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Orbit (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Arrive062409.xml&headline=LRO%20Arrives%20At%20Moon&channel=space

First Photos from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Released (Jul 2009)

 * http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogalleries/first-moon-photos-lunar-recon-orbiter/index.html
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1197303/Nasas-LRO-sends-moon-images-incredible-detail.html
 * http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/07/02/nasas-lunar-orbiter-sends-back-results-of-first-kodak-moments/
 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/49772807.html

General Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Articles (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1429/1

LEND Finds Hydrogen in Cold and Hot Places (Sep 2009)
Lunar Explorer Neutron Detector
 * http://www.wesh.com/news/20974657/detail.html
 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av020/090917mapping.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090917-lro-new-images.html

LAMP Ultraviolet Polar Mapping Begins (Sep 2009)
Lyman Alpha Mapping Project
 * http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2009/Lamp.htm
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/HQ_09-215_LRO_First_Light.html

DLRE Makes Global Temparature Map - Poles Coldest in SS (Sep 2009)

 * http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nasa-temperature-maps-provide-102070.aspx
 * http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/917/2
 * http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cold_moon
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/science/space/18moon.html?_r=2&ref=science

At Moon for 1 Year (Jul 2010)

 * http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/43082#http://images.iop.org/objects/phw/news/thumb/14/7/1/moon1.jpg
 * http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/23/4552979-moon-orbiter-marks-a-milestone

Silica Volcanoes Found on Far Side (Jul 2011)

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/science/26obmoon.html?_r=1
 * http://www.space.com/12419-moon-side-rare-volcanoes.html
 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/07/25/3274891.htm

Strange Crater May be Crashed Lunar Probe (Jul 2011)

 * http://www.space.com/12476-weird-moon-impact-crater-nasa-spacecraft-crash-site.html

Moves in Closer, Will Take Better Apollo Site Images (Aug 2011)

 * http://en.rian.ru/science/20110811/165706518.html

Lunar Dust Analyser to be Built (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/7b5ab0b517e1cc3413a0585cf5c190eb.html
 * http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/e90719f928af57969f597c0d44e3a8ec.html

Reach Lunar Orbit (Jul 2011)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-237_Small_Probes.html
 * http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2011/07/15/twin-space-probes-to-give-3d-look-at-moon/

Launch Approaching (Jul-Aug 2011)

 * http://www.npr.org/2011/08/05/138989924/new-nasa-missions-will-tour-the-solar-system
 * http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110728/OPINION/110727017/Our-views-Boldly-pressing-July-28-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p

Mated to Launch Vehicle (Aug 2011)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-257

Moon Express Demo Scrubbed (Jul 2011)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/07/dizzy-moon-lander-misses-publi.html

Goddard to Investigate "Stormy" Moon (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2009/dream.html

Lunar Dust Stickiness Varies By Sun Ray Angles(Apr 2009)

 * http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/apr/24/dont-you-dare-bring-lunar-dust-my-house-young-man/
 * http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/23/science/sci-moondust23
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090421-st-moon-dust-sunangle.html
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/agu-da4041709.php

Moon Dust Not as Strange as Hoped (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327234.800-moon-dust-not-as-strange-as-hoped.html

Deadly Solar Winds (May 2010)

 * http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awst/2010/05/24/AW_05_24_2010_p62-220989.xml&headline=Solar%20Wind%20Poses%20Hazards%20On%20Moon&channel=space

Lunar Craters May be Electrified (May 2010)

 * http://news.discovery.com/space/lunar-crater-electrification.html

Origin of Moon's Nitrogen in Dirt (May 2010)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon-covered-odd-cosmic-nitrogen-100527.html

Fountains of Moondust Jet Into Sky (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-222

Apollo Rocks Still Studied (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123348343569210.xml&coll=1

General 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Science (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/2858/why-moon-rocks

Water found in Apollo samples (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1007/22moon/
 * http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article528401.ece
 * http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13363
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/lunar-mineral-volatile-elements-100721.html
 * http://news.scotsman.com/news/39Blue-moon39--with-twice.6361572.jp
 * http://carnegiescience.edu/news/moon_whets_appetite_water
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10313173

Graphite Whiskers Found in Moon Rocks (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-220
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/apollo-moon-rock-graphite-100701.html

Moon May be Younger Than Previously Believed (Aug 2011)

 * Rocks thought to be from the Moon's oldest crust (ferroan anorthosites) shown to be younger than previously believed. This places its surface at 4.36 BY old, much closer to the 4.4 BY age of the oldest rocks found on Earth.  This is 200 MY after formation of the solar system, much younger than Mars or largest asteroids.  Alternately, the moon may never have had a magma ocean or the rocks may not represent the Moons oldest rocks.


 * https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2011/Aug/NR-11-08-02.html
 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/08/18/3295911.htm
 * http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-moon-age-20110818,0,4380476.story
 * http://blogs.abcnews.com/scienceandsociety/2011/08/new-moon-200-million-years-younger-than-thought.html
 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4635/could-moon-be-younger-we-think
 * http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2011-08-17-younger-moon_n.htm
 * http://carnegiescience.edu/news/man_moon_looking_younger
 * http://news.ku.dk/all_news/2011/2010.8/moon-younger-than-we-thought/
 * http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/goodnight-old-moon.html?ref=hp
 * http://news.yahoo.com/whats-age-moon-could-waning-170154507.html;_ylt=Avt9GEKptMGcLr5SurFRTQa3scB_;_ylu=X3oDMTNhbDUyZWk2BHBrZwM1MDE3YmM5MC03YzY0LTMzOWQtOTk4Yi1jZTJhNzJkNzQ0NWIEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhU3RvcnlMaXN0BHZlcgM3MmEyMDY1MC1jOTA3LTExZTAtYmJmZC1iMWMwYjU
 * http://www.space.com/12658-moon-younger-lunar-age-evidence.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128265.100-moon-may-be-200-million-years-younger-than-thought.html

Moon Has 100 Times as Much Water (Jun 2010)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon-interior-higher-water-content-100614.html
 * http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article457731.ece?homepage=true
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7829034/Water-on-the-moon-how-Earths-only-natural-satellite-formed.html
 * http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100614-moon-water-hundred-lunar-proceedings-science/
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jun/HQ_10-144_Water_In_Moon.html
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65D61N20100614

Lunar Orbiter 1 Earthrise Picture Restored (Mar 2009)

 * http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/22/nation/na-lunar22

"Picture of the Century" Shot of Copernicus Crater Restored (Mar 2009)

 * http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1321

Misc

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090331-st-moon-views-makeover.html

LOIRP Releases Ocean of Storms Images (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_5.html

LOIRP Releases Restored Lunar South Pole Images (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/08/loirp_releases_restored_image.html

Moon Simulators at Hawaii (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/2996/turning-lunar-dust-into-gold

Lunar Rock Suggests Moon Had a Magnetic Field (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/space/20moon.html?_r=2&ref=science
 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/MNFF15B3TE.DTL&type=science

Zircon Dates Lunar Crust (Jan 2009)

 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/01/26/2474456.htm?site=science&topic=space
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16486-moon-sample-contains-oldest-zircon-on-earth.html

Impacts May Have Spun Moon Around (Feb 2009)

 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/39430092.html
 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2493/moons-backside-may-once-have-faced-earth

New Lunar Facts From the Current Missions (Feb 2009)

 * http://dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2009/02/24/sci_moonmap.ART_ART_02-24-09_B4_2FCV8S1.html?sid=101

Age of "Hidden" Craters Sought (Mar 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126993.500-moon-hides-scars-of-a-violent-past.html

Stereo Spacecraft to Search L3 and L4 Positions for Remnants of Theia (Apr 2009)

 * http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/04/10/stereo-spacecraft-set-to-search-for-lunar-leftovers/

New Software Renders What Past and Future Lunar Eclipses Would Look Like (Jun 2009)

 * http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2596

Shattered Dwarf Planet May Have Caused Impacts on Moon Etc (Jun 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.600-broken-dwarf-planet-may-have-scarred-the-moon.html

Lunar Craters Most Likely Comets (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17520-comets-not-asteroids-to-blame-for-moons-scarred-face.html

UT Researchers Find Water on Outside and Inside of Moon (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uota-urd072010.php

Moon Pits and Lava Tubes (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/lunar-photos-underground-moon-exploration-100715.html

Simulations Show Second Moon May Have Collided With Far Side (Aug 2010)

 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/126785643.html
 * http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=two-moons-smaller
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/us-moons-collision-idUSTRE7730N120110804
 * http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-two-moons-20110804,0,845053.story
 * http://www.npr.org/2011/08/04/138954932/early-earth-may-have-been-orbited-by-two-moons
 * http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/08/big-splat.html
 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1108/03moon/
 * http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46767
 * http://news.yahoo.com/moons-mountains-made-slo-mo-crash-study-172322520.html
 * http://news.yahoo.com/earths-two-moons-not-lunacy-theory-170156181.html
 * http://www.space.com/12529-earth-2-moons-collision-moon-formation.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128244.800-second-moons-remains-may-cover-lunar-far-side.html
 * http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110803/full/news.2011.456.html
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/03/second-moon-collision
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14391929

Mysterious Swirls on the Moon (Jul 2011)

 * http://news.discovery.com/space/natures-graffiti-art-on-the-moon.html

Earthshine Varies by Rotation (Apr 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/090407-earthshine-moon.html
 * http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=5752
 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/04/07/2537088.htm?site=science&topic=latest

Life Could Exist Without Moon (Aug 2011)

 * http://www.space.com/12574-moonless-earth-life-habitable-alien-planets.html
 * http://news.discovery.com/space/earth-moon-life-tilt-110808.html
 * http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/4134/the-odds-for-life-on-a-moonless-earth-