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Representative organic matter in Chang'e-6 (A–B) and Chang'e-5 (C–D) lunar soils. Secondary electron images acquired by scanning electron microscopy overlaid with carbon elemental maps from energy-dispersive spectroscopy. Credit Image by HAO Jialong's Group

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds, Moon

Chang’e Mission Samples Reveal How Exogenous Organic Matter Evolves On The Moon

by Keith CowingApril 13, 2026April 13, 2026

Elements essential to life, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur, were “delivered” to the Earth and Moon during the early stages of the Solar System via asteroids and comets impacting their surfaces.

Schematic overview of the data-processing workflow in this work. After splitting the 2C data into three antenna spectra, we first conduct a general comb diagnostics for each antenna, then perform per-antenna PCA decomposition, basis alignment, and periodogram/FT/ACF analysis. The component-level results are finally combined to distinguish non-shared periodic signals from shared or comb-like RFI. -- astro-ph.IM

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware, Moon, SETI & Technosignatures

First Lunar Farside SETI Observations for Periodic Signals With The Low-frequency Radio Spectrometer Of Chang’E-4 Mission

by Keith CowingApril 12, 2026April 12, 2026

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Sample Return

LEAG-ExMAG Artemis Sample Return SAT Reports Now Available

by Keith CowingMarch 19, 2026March 19, 2026

Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, Mars, Moon, Space Agriculture, Terraforming & Geoengineering

Agent Mars: Multi-Agent Simulation for Multi-Planetary Life Exploration and Settlement

by Keith CowingFebruary 20, 2026February 20, 2026

NASA Astrobiology Expedition 3 to Mars -- Astrobiology.com

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Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) Webinar

by Keith CowingFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 2026

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Moon

Artemis II’s Possible Impact on JWST Science Operations

by Keith CowingJanuary 24, 2026January 24, 2026

Still from an animated view of the Sun and the Earth as seen from the Moon's South Pole NASA source

Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Impact events, Meteorites & Asteroids, Moon, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Our Moon’s 4-Billion-Year Impact Record Suggests Meteorites Didn’t Supply Earth’s Water

by Keith CowingJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 2026

A rendering of a lunar lander of the European Space Agency’s Argonaut program, which has its first mission to the moon scheduled for 2030. Methane released from spacecraft like these could contaminate icy regions of the moon’s poles that might harbor clues about the origins of earthly life. Credit: ©ESA

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Panspermia, Planetary Protection & Biosafety

Lunar Spacecraft Exhaust Could Obscure Clues To Origins Of Life

by Keith CowingJanuary 7, 2026January 7, 2026

Michael Thelen of JPL’s Exploration Systems Office discusses the newly inaugurated Rover Operations Center in JPL’s historic Space Flight Operations Facility on Dec. 10. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center For Future Missions

by Keith CowingJanuary 3, 2026January 3, 2026

Conceptual illustration of a potential human base inside a lunar lava tube, located within the basaltic crust. The lava tube offers natural protection from major surface hazards such as cosmic radiation, extreme temperature fluctuations, and meteorite impact. -- Space Science Reviews

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, Mars, Moon

Lava Tubes On Earth, the Moon, And Mars: Detection, Evolution, And Exploration Potential

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2026January 2, 2026