Measurements of an element in Earth and Moon rocks have just disproved the leading hypotheses for the origin of the Moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2016
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A conventional compass would be of little use on the moon, which today lacks a global magnetic field.
Space Exploration
Jan 3, 2020
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Observers watching January's total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Spanish astronomers now think the space rock collided with the Moon at 61,000 kilometres an ...
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2019
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For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2018
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The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar rocks and soil have ...
Space Exploration
Dec 26, 2011
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(Phys.org)—It's a big claim, but Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientist Frédéric Moynier says his group has discovered evidence that the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body the size of ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2012
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China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months.
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2021
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All is not what it seems in the world of lunar samples.
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Back in the heyday of the Apollo moon program, hundreds of pounds of rock samples were carted back to Earth by visiting astronauts. Those samples were then pored over more thoroughly by geologists than perhaps ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- People don't discover a new type of moon rock every day, so consider the odds of finding one rich in a mineral that England's King Henry V wore on his battle helmet. And then imagine spotting, right on the ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2010
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