NASA has made the primary radio telescope observations on the moon

The primary profitable use of a radio telescope on the moon has kicked off a brand new period of astronomy that would make clear the cosmic darkish ages – regardless of a bumpy touchdown.

NASA’s ROLSES-1 (Radio wave Observations on the Lunar Floor of the photoElectron Sheath) telescope was mounted on the Odysseus lander, an Intuitive Machines spacecraft that made the primary ever non-public lunar touchdown final yr. Whereas Odysseus was the primary such spacecraft to outlive a touchdown, it tipped on its facet, rendering many of the gear on…