We're one step closer to a giant interferometer on the moon
What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed giant interferometer on the moon. It's called the Artemis-enabled Stellar ...
Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin
Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
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What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more
It figures into numerous formulas used in physics, astronomy, engineering and other fields, dating back thousands of years ..
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52-foot-high 'megaripples' from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs mapped deep beneath Louisiana in 3D
"Megaripples" in the seafloor that were created in the aftermath of the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact extend much farther than scientists originally thought, new research shows. The findings ...
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Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
(In real life, the asteroid came within 4 million miles of the Earth — 15 times the distance between our planet and moon, but a close shave by cosmic standards.) So was born “Project Icarus.” ...
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Astronomers watching 'city-killer' asteroid to determine chance of striking Earth in 2032
The best case scenario is that the asteroid will pass within just 167,000 miles of our planet; the moon is 238,855 miles away, according to Space.com. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is just one of more than a ...
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Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
It's a larger, fully reusable version of the rocket that flew humans to the moon, he added, "and it's just really audacious." Why Starship is critical for building on the moon Though the moon isn ...
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Intuitive Machines Athena: Private lunar lander may have toppled over on the Moon
meaning it will not reach its orbit around the Moon for observations. Odin is also silent, making its planned asteroid flyby unlikely.
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The Asteroid might actually hit The Moon!
2025 Tesla Model Y price and specs: More affordable versions priced for Australia I visited the 'world's happiest city' to see if it lives up to its reputation ‘Going to take care of our ...
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Asteroid YR4
Quickly, quickly! You don't want to be out there. Don't you know that there's an asteroid coming? It's this one, over here. Asteroid 2024 YR4, and it could smash into Earth in 2032. NEWS SOUNDBITE ...
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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
The moon, however, may not be in the clear. When first discovered in December, Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a small but notable chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to information from NASA's ...