Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s …
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Space
Supermoons Are Boring: Here Are 5 Things in the Sky Worth Your Time
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA supermoon may sound exciting, but it’s a modest coincidence. As the Moon orbits Earth, its distance from …
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The barely-there lunar atmosphere is likely the product of meteorite impacts over billions of years, a new study …
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Space
The U.S. Just Returned to the Moon After More Than 50 Years: How Big a Deal Is It?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn the few short years since the COVID pandemic changed our world, China, Japan, and India have all …
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When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, …
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In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon — and ended up painting a kilometres-long …
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Environment
They Say We Know More About the Moon Than About the Deep Sea. They’re Wrong
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThis idea about the deep sea has been repeated for decades by scientists and science communicators, including Sir …
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Several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary …
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Set for a November launch, the small satellite mission will use lasers to search for water ice inside …
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Billions of years ago, a series of Moon volcanoes erupted on the Moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of …