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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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Researchers: Asteroid cut canyons into moon 3.8 billion years ago
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
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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 ...
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Water arrived in the final stages of Earth’s formation
Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...
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The moon has two grand canyons, carved in minutes by an asteroid impact
Our Moon continues to surprise us with amazing features. Scientists recently shared new information about two canyons that ...
Why it’s good for NASA that an asteroid carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
Trump sends moon rock back to NASA that had been displayed in White House since 2021
The moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe Biden's Oval Office throughout his entire presidential ...
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India To Launch Chandrayaan-4 Mission In 2027, Confirms Union Minister Jitendra Singh
In 2027, India will send Chandrayaan-4 into space to bring samples of the moon rocks back to Earth, according to Science & ...
Discovering Hidden Water Reservoirs on the Moon
Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...