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Ice may be present a few centimeters below the moon's surface in more areas of the lunar polar regions than was previously thought due to large, yet highly localized, variations in surface temperatures. The results, published...
A team of scientists from University College Cork (UCC), the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna have uncovered how plants responded to catastrophic climate changes 250 million years ago. Their findings, published in GSA...

China is considering where to build a lunar research station

The second moon race is in full swing, with the world's two big superpowers angling to score a new set of firsts on the...

Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the moon and Earth

In 2020, China's Chang'e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples...

Image: Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna

This image comes to you from Mount Etna, Sicily, where a lunar analog study focusing on robotic exploration is currently unfolding. The project—named the ARCHES...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spots rocket impact site on moon

Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting...

Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar...

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