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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander leaves Earth orbit to head for the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
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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 ...
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The different phases of the moon explained: A handy lunar cycle guide
Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...
See February’s full snow moon and the last of the planetary parade
There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...
What is the snow moon? Here's when and how to see February's full moon rise in California
Here's everything to know about the full snow moon, including more on its nickname and when to see it over California skies.
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Did Covid lockdowns really cause temperatures on the moon to drop?
Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...
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Spacecraft Takes Weeks to Build Up Courage to Leave Earth Orbit, Now En Route to the Moon
American space agency NASA announced that the Blue Ghost lander is now on its way to the Moon, arrival in orbit expected ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
Firefly’s lunar-bound spacecraft captures a ‘postcard shot’ of Earth
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured a fabulous image of Earth as it makes its way toward the moon.
Asteroid headed towards Earth might smash into the Moon, scientists say
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or Cneos, reviewed the trajectory of the asteroid 2024 YR4 and found that its odds of striking the planet in 2032 doubled to 2.3 per cent up from about 1 ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Snaps a Breathtaking Earth Selfie on Its Way to the Moon
Blue Ghost has left Earth’s orbit, carrying NASA’s science to the Moon. Instruments are performing well, including a radiation-hardened computer, a magnetic field detector, and a lunar soil collection ...