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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...
Smithsonian Magazine14h
Two of the Moon’s Grand Canyons Were Formed in Just Ten Violent Minutes, New Study Suggests
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...
Flying14h
Blue Origin, NASA Re-Create Moon’s Gravity
Partners use Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket to test out technologies bound for the moon—without actually sending them there ...
The New Yorker21h
Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars?
In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...
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The 6 Most Interesting Facts About the Moon
Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...
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First Look! NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Stunning Starry Image on Its Way to Jupiter’s Icy Moon
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has sent back its first starry image, a significant milestone as it makes its way toward Jupiter’s moon Europa. The image, released by NASA this week, is a mosaic of a ...
Exact time to see February's 'Snow Moon' and how it got its name
February's full Moon is called the Snow Moon, rising on February 12 2025 to create a brilliant lunar glow. After the Moon ...
NASA’s Juno Uncovers Io’s 80 Trillion Watt Volcanic Monster That Shatters Records
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...
Blue Origin’s latest rocket flight included a lunar-like experience
In a first, the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company simulated lunar gravity on a suborbital rocket to test various science ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity without straying too far from home.
Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...