NASA’s new Space Launch System is seen here being moved from the rocket assembly building to a launchpad. Credit NASA
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit

Aug. 26, 2022

From The Conversation: NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is poised to take a key step toward returning humans to the Moon after a half-century hiatus. The launch was scheduled for the morning of Aug. 29, 2022 but was postponed due to an issue with one of the rocket’s engines. The next...

A view of the far side of the moon based on data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Image credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio)
The moon's far side could offer a view of the universe even deeper than the James Webb Space Telescope

Aug. 24, 2022

From Space.com: With NASA's Artemis 1 mission launching to the moon this month, Space.com is taking a look at what we know about the moon and why we care. Join us for our Moon Week special report in the countdown to Artemis 1. The potential science from future lunar missions...

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Meet the Colorado Companies Working to Get Us Back to the Moon

June 1, 2022

From 5280 Magazine: “If you would’ve told me in 1972 that we wouldn’t be back to the moon for 50 years,” says Jack Burns, a professor of astrophysics at CU Boulder, “I would have said you are full of you-know-what.” Burns has a special interest in moon landings beyond being...

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Cell Phones are Brighter Than Aliens

May 29, 2022

From Spektrum.de: The search for aliens used to be easier. For decades, researchers have been on the lookout for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations as part of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). And because they don’t know what to look for, they prefer to look in the radio part of the...

An artist's conception of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander on the lunar far side. Credit BLUE ORIGIN, INC. and JACK BURNS
Bezos’ Blue Origin May Ferry Futuristic Radio Telescope To Moon’s Far Side

May 24, 2022

From Forbes: In the foothills of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain front range —- an area well known for cutting-edge space technology —- Jack Burns, a longtime astrophysics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder —- may finally be seeing a decades-old vision of a low frequency lunar radio telescope coming to...

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Far Side The Moon’s Use as a New Astronomical Site

April 12, 2022

From Space News Show Daily: Far Side The Moon’s Use as a New Astronomical Site Read page 1 and page 2 of this special digital edition.

The moon rises over the Continental Divide seen from near Berthoud Pass, Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, 2020. Credit CPR News Hart Van Denburg
A busy year in space

Feb. 16, 2022

From CPR News Colorado Matters: This year is shaping up to be a critical year in space development. NASA is headed back to the moon and private companies are getting into the action like never before. We speak with astronomer Doug Duncan, who is back for our regular conversation on...

Artist illustration of NASA's Orion Spacecraft is slated to carry the first humans to leave Earth's orbit in more than 50 years. Credit NASA
Not your grandparents’ Apollo: Planetarium film captures NASA’s new moon missions

Feb. 16, 2022

From CU Boulder Today: The Fiske Planetarium at CU Boulder is headed Forward! To the Moon. This Friday, the planetarium will host the public premier of a new science film—a 30-minute adventure into the Artemis Program, NASA’s campaign to send human and robotic astronauts to the surface of the moon...

Photo of the moon and earth - Image credit NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio by Ernie Wright
Moon group pushes for protection of ultraquiet lunar far side

Feb. 14, 2022

From Space.com: The international scientific community has long been discussing the need to keep the far side of the moon free from human-made radio frequency intrusion. Doing so can make possible observations of the unexplored early epochs of the universe known as the dark ages and cosmic dawn, scientists say...

Artist illustration of the LuSEE DAPPER craft on the lunar surface
The Lunar Frontier

Oct. 18, 2021

From Sky & Telescope: Radio wavelengths give astronomers access to an unseen universe, from stellar flares to jets launched from supermassive black holes. But arguably, we have yet to take advantage of the best place in the inner solar system for low-frequency radio astronomy: the Moon. The lunar farside always...

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