Earth has thrown up some surprises lately, with scientists finding that our planet’s inner core is actually a textured sphere that, every once in a while, stops spinning and revolves the other way. But...
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Fuzzy Blob in Space Is Actually Earth And The Moon as Seen From Mars : ScienceAlert
It doesn’t look like much: a fuzzy gray scene, a fuzzy white blob in the center, a smaller, fainter fuzzy blob moving from left to right across the scene. What you’re looking at, though,...
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Moon Heat Anomaly Appears to Be a New Form of Lunar Volcanism : ScienceAlert
A massive blob of ancient granite has been found lurking beneath the Moon’s surface, evidence of a type of volcanism we’ve never seen there before. Analysis suggests it’s a deeply buried giant mass of...
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Geyser Seen Spraying 6,000 Miles Into Space From Saturn’s Moon : ScienceAlert
Since the Cassini spacecraft discovered plumes of water vapor erupting from geysers on Enceladus nearly 20 years ago, Saturn’s ice-covered ocean moon has been a hot topic. The James Webb Space Telescope has now...
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Scientists Finally Confirm What’s Inside The Moon : ScienceAlert
Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all. A thorough investigation has found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with...
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Asteroid Found Orbiting Earth Might Be a Chunk of The Moon : ScienceAlert
The Moon dominates our view of the night sky. But it’s not the only thing orbiting Earth. A small number of what scientists call quasi-satellites also orbit Earth. One of them is called Kamo’oalewa,...
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First Private Moon Landing Ends in Failure as Japanese Company Loses Contact : ScienceAlert
Tokyo-based company ispace made a bold attempt to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface on Tuesday, and fears that it ended with a crash landing. The HAKUTO-R M1 lunar lander appeared to be...
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NASA Unveils Astronauts For First Human Mission to The Moon in Over 50 Years : ScienceAlert
NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years – including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space. Christina Koch,...
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Huge Amounts of Water on The Moon May Have Just Been Located : ScienceAlert
We know there’s water on the Moon, but questions remain about how it got there, where it’s stored, and how it moves around. In a new study, scientists from China have identified tiny glass...
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‘Scientifically Interesting’ Asteroid Sailing Between Earth And The Moon Today : ScienceAlert
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 for planetary defense efforts, according to the European Space Agency....
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