A Direct Hit? New Study Redefines the Moon’s Largest Crater
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
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How the Moon became a place
For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...
Chandrayaan-3' Vikram Lander Makes Big Discovery! Shiv Shakti Point Is 3.7 Billion Years Old When Life Began On Earth
The study revealed that the region where the Chandrayaan-3 landed on the lunar surface is 3.7 billion years old. Notably, it ...
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The Most Tourist-Friendly Countries In The World, According To Travelers
If you're looking to travel somewhere particularly friendly and welcoming, these are the countries around the world known for ...
Meet Grace, the Hopping Robot That Will Dive Into the Moon’s Darkest Craters
Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...
How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
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Asteroid impact carved two Grand Canyon-sized valleys on the Moon in under 10 minutes
Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...
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The moon has its own Grand Canyon that was created in just 10 minutes
Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...
NASA's polar ice experiment paves way for future moon missions
NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where ...
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Water Distribution Near Moon’s South Pole Mapped Using NASA SOFIA Data
Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 13, 2025, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...
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Full moon calendar 2025: When to see the next full moon
Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Friday, March 14, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 2:55 a.m. EDT (0755 GMT) but local moonrise ...