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The article discusses research on the Moon using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) by scientists including Tim Glotch, Justin Hagerty, and Jessica Sunshine. Information is provided on findings related to silica-rich mounds on the basaltic maria, lunar impact craters, and water on the moon. Other topics include the discovery of mercury and silver in lunar water, wrinkle ridges, and the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) impact.

Looks at how a gigantic impact basin on the Moon may hold the keys to the solar systems' past and also provide a base for human exploration. Overview of the basin's size and location; Suggestion that the basin is the largest, deepest and probably oldest impact basin in the known solar system; Benefits of a scientific exploration of the basin; Question of how ice could form on the Moon.

The author highlights his research on citadel in eastern Mare Frigoris which lies northwest of Hercules Crater and just east and slightly north of Baily Crater. Topics discussed include a lunar complex observed by him on Moon in March, 2019; and a comet tail of darkness observed extending northwest from two dark pits in the region. It notes that pits may be volcanic vent aligned along domed fissures and the dark material may be result of pyroclastic volcanic events.

The article discusses the findings of research published in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters" regarding Mafic Mound, a mysterious volcanic process, which has shaped many aspects of the evolution of the Moon and also mentions views of Brown University's researcher Daniel Moriarty.

The article presents several astronomical research including those on black hole in the galaxy Markarian 231, presence of neon on the Moon confirmed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the size of particles in planet Saturn's rings.

Reports that recent observations of sodium in the lunar atmosphere by three astronomers at Boston University's Center for Space Physics have revealed that the cloud of sodium enveloping the Moon resembles that of a comet. Specifics on findings byastronomers Michael Mendillo, Jeffrey Baumgardner and Brian Flynn.

The article discusses the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), a pair of spacecraft launched by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which will study the lunar gravity field, lunar impact craters, and mascons, according to geophysicist Jay Melosh of the GRAIL team.

The article looks at articles in the journal "Nature" by scientists Lars Borg, Martin Jutzi, and Erik Asphaug on the origin of the Moon. Borg studied isotopes of neodymium and lead in samples of ferroan anorthosite, lunar rock formed from magma, to determine the age of the rock. Jutzi and Asphaug used a simulation to study the giant-impact hypothesis and found that in a slow collision between the Moon and another body the material could cause the thickened crust on the far side of the moon.

The article cites a report that appeared in the May 26, 2011 issue of the journal "Science" regarding research by astronomer James Van Orman and colleagues of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, that suggests the Moon has much more water than previously thought.

The article presents astronomy-related news. An Earth-observing satellite named Jason-2 was launched by the Vandenberg Air Force Base and will assist with the research of the ocean surface's topography. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), astronauts and equipment will be able to be ferried to the moon by 2015. Xenon gas becomes thinner when stirred, according to research performed by physicists who used data from the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

The article discusses the discovery of water in samples of lunar volcanic glass. Scientist Erik Hauri of the Carnegie Institution for Science used mass ion spectrometry to measure the water content in the lunar samples. Also mentioned is the possibility that ancient water may be frozen on the Moon's poles.

The article discusses news that was published in the September, 1998 issue of the publication. Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discussed Moon birth theories in his article "Deconstructing the Moon." Excerpts from Jayawardhana's article are provided. Jayawardhana's theory is compared with the current theory on Moon birth.

This article discusses brief news items relating to astronomy. It reports that researchers from the Max Planck Institute have detected amino acetonitrile, an organic molecule, in the Large Molecule Heimat, an interstellar gas cloud. The article notes that astronomer Nikolai Shaposhnikov found a small Black Hole that weighs just under four times the mass of the Sun. Astronomer Alberto Saal reanalyzed low-titanium lunar glass, which indicates the possible presence of water on the moon.

This article briefly discusses the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Regolith Excavation Challenge. This challenge offers prizes up to $750,000 to anyone who develops a machine that can dig into a simulation of lunar soil, also called regolith. The requirement that the machine operate without communication from humans is also mentioned.

The article explains a theory regarding the formation of the Moon as discovered through the use of computer simulations. The most accurate results were found when the starting rotation of the Earth was switched from the direction that it is currently spinning. This simulation ultimately positions the Moon in an orientation very similar to its location in 2008.

This article reports that scientists studying a lunar caldera named Ina say it has vented gas in the last 10 million years and may be doing so today. Professor Peter Schultz thinks a rush of gas from deep within the Moon vented through Ina, scoured surfaces, and exposed fresh rock. He'd like to see professional and amateur astronomers start a coordinated observing campaign to search for such activity.

Focuses on the 1975 theory of how the moon was probably created. Description of the impactor which is a Mars-sized protoplanet that smashed into Earth some 4.5 billion years ago that caused the creation of the moon; Time it took the material to accrete into the moon; Information on the study that provided the possible answers to questions regarding the impactor.

Presents a list of things astronomers have learned since 1973 up to 1997. Discovery of Jupiter's moon Io turning itself inside-out with volcanic activity by Voyager; Theory on the origin of the moon which rest upon the idea of an object bigger than Mars struck Earth; Theory on the extinction of dinosaurs through terrestrial causes.