Tag: moon

Treasures beneath the ocean floor? Seawater plays role in gold formation

EARTH
Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries. Researchers traveled to...

High-resolution land surface dataset provides Earth system modeling details

EARTH
Earth system models (ESMs) help us understand climate and environmental changes. With advances in computing power, ESMs can now be run at kilometer-scale (k-scale) resolutions, capturing very fine details to better predict extreme weather and understand...

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...

Saturn’s icy moon may hold the building blocks of life

ASTRONOMY
As astrophysics technology and research continue to advance, one question persists: is there life elsewhere in the universe? The Milky Way galaxy alone has...

The moon is 40 million years older than thought, lunar crystals study suggests

ASTRONOMY
More than 4 billion years ago, when the solar system was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object the size...

One small step towards lunar roads, a potentially giant leap for creating infrastructure on the moon

ASTRONOMY
It may be possible to create paved roads and landing pads on the moon by using lasers to melt lunar soil into a more...

NASA spots new Moon crater, likely caused by crashed Russian probe

ASTRONOMY
NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around...

After Moon landing, India eyes the Sun

ASTRONOMY
Days after becoming the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's largely unexplored south pole, India's space agency said on Monday it...

Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for south pole

ASTRONOMY
Chandrayaan-3, India's latest Moon mission, has entered the lunar orbit, the country's space agency has said. The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover...

The moon may be the best place to transport rocket fuel

ASTRONOMY
When astronauts return to the moon in the next few years, the plan is to have them stay for good while establishing a permanent...

Large asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon

ASTRONOMY
A large asteroid will safely zoom between Earth and the Moon on Saturday, a once-in-a-decade event that will be used as a training exercise...
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