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The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake was 6.1 magnitude, at a depth of 87 km. A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of...
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the moon. But as space becomes accessible to more nations and corporations, we need to stop and ask ourselves what commercial...

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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