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NASA's Glenn to test lunar air quality monitors aboard space station
As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and ...
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NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward its Artemis 2 mission planned for next year; SLS is ...
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The Moon’s Far Side Is Strangely Dry—Lunar Samples Suggest It’s Much More Parched Than the Side That Faces Earth
Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...
Full moon calendar: dates and times for every full moon this year
The next full moon is at 12:56 pm EST on Monday, May 12 and is known as the Flower Moon. Here is a look at all the full moons ...
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NASA’s Warning About the Moon’s Next Big Earth Impact
The Moon has always influenced life on Earth, from tides to ancient calendars. But in the 2030s, a well-documented 19-year ...
Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon
Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...
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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 ...
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April's Full Pink Moon captivates skywatchers worldwide with dazzling 'micromoon' show (photos)
Skywatchers around the world turned their heads — and lenses to the skies to capture the beauty of April’s full Pink Moon — ...