Tag: moon

A family reunion 150 million years in making: Paleontologists identify nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus

PALEONTOLOGY
Christmas is the time for families to come together, and in the midst of the festive season, University of Leicester paleontologists have announced that they have reunited a family that has been separated for 150 million...

ESA and NASA satellites deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting

OCEANOGRAPHY
Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data from satellites to track changes in the thickness of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Global warming is causing the Ice Sheet to melt...

The moon’s biggest and most ancient crater is more circular than previously thought

ASTRONOMY
The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the...

Uranus’ moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds

ASTRONOMY
A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the...

How accessible is titanium on the moon?

ASTRONOMY
Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common resources...

Researchers prove 120-million-year-old volcanism on moon

ASTRONOMY
Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has been unclear. However, Prof....

Scientists pin down the origins of the moon’s tenuous atmosphere

ASTRONOMY
While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a very thin layer of...

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers

ASTRONOMY
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there...

China lands a spacecraft on the moon’s far side to collect rocks for study

ASTRONOMY
A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences...

Scientists solve a long-standing mystery surrounding the moon’s ‘lopsided’ geology

ASTRONOMY
About 4.5 billion years ago, a small planet smashed into the young Earth, flinging molten rock into space. Slowly, the debris coalesced, cooled and...

NASA unveils design for message heading to Jupiter’s moon Europa

ASTRONOMY
When it launches in October, the agency's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a richly layered dispatch that includes more than 2.6 million names submitted...

Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought—it may affect our chances of finding life there

ASTRONOMY
Jupiter's icy moon Europa has long been thought of as one of the most habitable worlds in the Solar System. Now the Juno mission...

Navajo object to depositing human remains on Moon

ASTRONOMY
The United States will soon launch its first spacecraft to attempt a soft lunar landing since the Apollo era, in a historic collaboration with...

NASA’s Juno to get close look at Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on Dec. 30

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20...
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