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An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, prompting the evacuation of the Chilean coastline throughout the Magallanes region and the suspension of water activities and...
Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history and its source deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. In a paper published in...

Sampling the plumes of Jupiter’s volcano moon, Io

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what...

Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon

Asteroid 2024 YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) on January 29, 2025. The...

NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission

The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over...

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North...

Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put...

More potential locations for ice on the Moon discovered

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...

Moon or Mars? NASA’s future at a crossroads under Trump

Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back...

How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on...

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the moon?

The Artemis program has been NASA's best chance to get "boots on the moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from...

Moon is not as ‘geologically dead’ as previously thought, new study reveals

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark,...

The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site, but the value of ‘lunar heritage’ needs defining

Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources...

Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon will need better boots. Here’s why

The U.S.'s return to the moon with NASA's Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a...

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