Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it'll be tricky, even from up close.
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2021
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From a viewpoint about 90 kilometers (56 miles) above Lacus Veris, "Lake of Spring," the camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged Saturn on October 13, 2021. In this view, the Lunar Reconnaissance ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 23, 2021
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If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2021
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The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which will bathe the Moon in red, was visible for a big slice of humanity on Friday.
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2021
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You can see the longest partial lunar eclipse in hundreds of years this week.
Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2021
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The United States will send a crewed mission to the Moon "no earlier than 2025," NASA chief Bill Nelson told reporters on Tuesday, officially pushing back the launch by at least a year.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2021
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The moon was exposed to a heavy bombardment of asteroids 3.9 billion years ago. The origin of this bombardment, however, was previously unclear. Planetologists at Münster University have now tested these hypotheses with ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 8, 2021
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The first lunar rocks brought back to Earth in decades show the Moon was volcanically active more recently than previously thought, Chinese scientists said Tuesday.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 19, 2021
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Deep beneath Mars' red clay surface lie ancient oceans now frozen into ice sheets. Earth's moon has hidden water deposits, too—pockets embedded deep inside its rocks.
Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2021
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On 16 December 2020 the Chang'e-5 mission, China's first sample return mission to the Moon, successfully delivered to Earth nearly two kilograms of rocky fragments and dust from our celestial companion. Chang'e-5 landed ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2021
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