Search for alien life extends to Jupiter's icy moons
Could vast, long-hidden oceans be teeming with alien life in our very own Solar System?
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The unexpected contribution of medieval monks to volcanology
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history's largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on readings of 12th and 13th ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Countdown begins for the great North American solar eclipse
One year from now, on Monday, 8 April 2024, the moon will pass directly between Earth and the sun, creating a total solar eclipse like the one that crossed the United States from coast to coast on 21 August 2017. As it did ...
Astronomy
Apr 4, 2023
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50 years after NASA's Apollo mission, moon rocks still have secrets to reveal
How did we get from stardust to where we are today? That's the question NASA scientist Andrew Needham has pondered his entire career.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2023
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First woman, Black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon
NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years –- including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2023
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1st moon crew in 50 years includes woman, Black astronaut
NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2023
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NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon
NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts—three Americans and a Canadian—who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2023
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New source of water found in moon samples from China mission
Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 2, 2023
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Study reveals map of moon's water near its south pole
A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the moon. SOFIA was a joint project of NASA and the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2023
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Researchers find new water reservoir on moon
Lunar surface water has attracted much attention due to its potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar exploration missions and other space missions
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2023
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