New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn's rings
Nestled between Saturn's rings are a collection of mini-moons that NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed past in 2017.
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Using AI to count and map craters on the moon
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, one from Italy and one from Iceland has used a machine-learning artificial intelligence application to count and note the location of over 100,000 craters ...
For your processing pleasure: The sharpest pictures of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io in a generation
NASA's Juno spacecraft has just made the closest flybys of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has carried out in more than 20 years. An instrument on this spacecraft called "JunoCam" has returned spectacular, high-resolution ...
Planetary Sciences
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What will it take to live on the moon?
With NASA planning to revisit the lunar surface by 2024 and send multiple expeditions by 2028, Rutgers University's Haym Benaroya is optimistic that people will someday live on the moon.
Engineering
Jul 11, 2019
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Last 'Super Blue Moon' until 2037 rises tonight
Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat Wednesday night: a rare "super blue Moon" that won't be seen again for more than a decade.
Astronomy
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Chinese lunar probe finds water in moon samples
A Chinese lunar probe found traces of water in samples of the moon's soil, scientists have said, as the country pushes its ambitious space program into high gear.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 23, 2024
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Research reveals possibly active tectonic system on the Moon
Researchers have discovered a system of ridges spread across the nearside of the Moon topped with freshly exposed boulders. The ridges could be evidence of active lunar tectonic processes, the researchers say, possibly the ...
Space Exploration
May 1, 2020
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Last total lunar eclipse for three years arrives Tuesday
Better catch the moon's disappearing act Tuesday—there won't be another like it for three years.
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2022
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India's Moon probe enters lunar orbit
India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon.
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2019
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Could there be life on Jupiter's moons?
The search for life outside of Earth has taken many forms. Mars, our neighbouring world, looks like it was once habitable. Perhaps too Venus, despite its current hellish conditions. But in recent years, scientists' gazes ...
Space Exploration
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