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A close encounter with a mysterious moon

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In 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for "fear"...

Chang’E-5 samples reveal how young volcanism occurred on the moon

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A new study led by Prof. Chen Yi from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) provides an...

Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

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Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know...

Giant impact could have formed the Moon more rapidly, scientists reveal in new simulations

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Scientists from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an alternative explanation for the Moon's origin,...

NASA eyes November for launch attempt of Moon rocket

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NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket in November, without committing to a precise date for the much-delayed Artemis 1...

Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the moon and Earth

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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...

Why go back to the Moon?

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On September 12, 1962, then US president John F Kennedy informed the public of his plan to put a man on the Moon by...

NASA eyes two more dates in September for possible Moon launch

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NASA is looking at September 23 and September 27 as possible dates for its next attempt at launching its Artemis 1 mission to the...

A new explanation for the reddish north pole of Pluto’s moon Charon

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A trio of researchers at Purdue University has developed a new theory to explain why Pluto's moon Charon has a reddish north pole. In...

NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month

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After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday...

NASA readies for Saturday Moon rocket launch attempt

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The stars appear to be aligned for NASA's Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favorable and technical issues that...

NASA says Friday launch of giant Moon rocket possible

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A test flight of NASA's powerful new Moon rocket may be possible on Friday, officials said, after the US space agency scrubbed Monday's launch...
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