Pink Moon, Explained: How to Watch and Why the Color Has Nothing to Do With its Name
SpaceThe Pink Moon will be visible in North America on Saturday, April 12. Here's what you need to know.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Won’t Kill You, But It Might Hit the Moon. This Is Amazing News
SpaceThis time, astronomers are actually hopeful for the impact.
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Chinese Scientists Have Just Turned the Moon Race Upside Down After Detecting a Design Flaw in NASA’s Reactor
SpaceNights on the Moon last for two weeks, which means nuclear power will be essential for manned bases.
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The Images of the Sunset on the Moon Are More Than Just Curious. They’ll Also Help Solve an Old Mystery
SpaceFirefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft ends its mission with images of the lunar sunset.
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Astronomers Thought They Had Counted All of Saturn’s Moons. After Studying Them for a Year, They Received Quite a Surprise
SpaceTheir research revealed that Saturn has 274 moons, nearly twice as many as all the other planets in the solar system combined.
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After 50 Years, the U.S. Returns to the Moon With ‘Low-Cost’ Spacecraft. The Results Have Been Disastrous
SpaceOne mission has succeeded, two failed to launch, and four failed in orbit or on the lunar surface.
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It’s Happened Again: Intuitive Machines’ Lander Reaches the Moon Successfully but Falls Over at the Last Minute
SpaceThe company is unsure of the exact location or orientation of the Athena lunar module. However, the lander is still operational and communicating with Earth.
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Blue Ghost Lander Becomes Second to Land on the Moon, the First to Land in One Piece
SpaceBlue Ghost becomes first private lander to land on the Moon in one piece.
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The Lander Athena Has One Primary Mission: Landing Upright on the Moon
SpaceOne of Athena's experiments on the Moon involves drilling for ice.
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You’d Need to Detonate the Earth’s Nuclear Arsenal 130 Times to Release the Same Amount of Energy That Created the Moon’s Great Canyons
SpaceThe impact that formed these canyons occurred in about 10 minutes and resulted in depths greater than those of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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The Future of Quantum Computing Depends on Helium-3 From the Moon. A Plan to Transport It to Earth by 2029 Is Already Underway
SpaceInterlune plans to extract and process lunar regolith using advanced compact robotic harvesters.
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NASA Is Offering $3 Million to Solve a Problem That Started When Neil Armstrong Set Foot on the Moon: Poop
SpaceIt’s not a trivial issue, especially as humanity considers the possibility of colonizing space.
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After Years of Waiting, NASA Has Finally Unveiled the Spacesuit for Its Moon Return. It Features an Unexpected Collaborator: Prada
SpaceAxiom Space has partnered with the Italian fashion house to design the spacesuit.
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China Plans to House 5,000 Scientists Worldwide to Its Upcoming Lunar Base. The First Arrivals Are Scheduled for 2035
SpaceThe Chinese space agency has extended an invitation to all nations for the country’s International Lunar Research Station.
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China Has Just Provided the First Answers to the Big Question of What the Heck Is on the Dark Side of the Moon
SpaceChinese scientists have published the first paper on the lunar soil extract they obtained during their last mission.
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Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It
SpaceThe mini-Moon, known officially as asteroid 2024 PT5, will orbit the Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25.
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Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Down. And the Most Surprising Thing Is That It's Been Doing So for Millions of Years
SpaceThis isn’t the first study to show that our planet is slowing down, but it’s the first to measure the extent of the slowdown consistently.
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NASA Reveals Why We Haven’t Returned to the Moon Sooner: Underqualified Boeing Personnel in Rocket Manufacturing
SpaceThe recently released report deals a major blow to the U.S. in the space race.
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Scientists Have Unveiled the Origin of the Mysterious Gas Enveloping the Moon. The Culprit: Very Tiny Rocks
SpaceA recent study reveals the origin of the Moon’s atmosphere has far-reaching implications. Similar processes may be occurring in other regions of the solar system.
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NASA Has Just Confirmed the Existence of a Tunnel on the Moon: A Cave So Large That It Raises New Possibilities
SpaceThis finding is the first and most important step to date toward establishing a future human presence on the Moon.
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