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The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands—now, the ban is being lifted

EARTH
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was in response to the widespread environmental and economic damage it was causing. Unchecked sea sand...

Terahertz pulses induce chirality in a non-chiral crystal

MINERALS
Chirality refers to objects that cannot be superimposed onto their mirror images through any combination of rotations or translations, much like the distinct left and right hands of a human. In chiral crystals, the spatial arrangement...

Is the moon a chunk ejected from Earth? Study sheds light on moon formation, origin of water on Earth

ASTRONOMY
A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered another piece in the...

A Swedish artist’s model house could soon find a permanent home on the moon

ASTRONOMY
A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched into...

Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon—but should we? Four questions to consider

ASTRONOMY
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...

The moon might be older than scientists previously thought; a new study shines light on its history

ASTRONOMY
A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case,...

Old moon, young crust: Violent volcanism may mean the moon is much older than previously thought

ASTRONOMY
After its formation, the moon may have been the scene of such immense volcanic activity that its entire crust melted several times and was...

No shallow magma ocean for Jupiter’s moon Io, research suggests

ASTRONOMY
Io does not have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, counter to previous claims, suggests a paper published in Nature. Observations from NASA's...

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...
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