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The mystery of how the moon formed is still puzzling scientists. The secret could lie deep within our planet.
Scientists have several theories for how the moon first formed. The leading hypothesis involves a m…
Marianne Guenot
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The full moon has different names for each month. Here's the meaning and origin for the whole lunar calendar.
The full moon goes by many names each month, like the worm moon in March or the harvest moon in Sep…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny McGrath
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A new climate solution involves shooting moon dust into space to create a 'solar shield' around Earth, but scientists say it's a risky last resort
A moon-dust shield is the latest in a series of risky, last-resort geoengineering proposals to shie…
Matthew Loh
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The 2023 harvest moon is also the last supermoon of the year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Friday.
September's supermoon is the last of the year, and also a harvest moon. The best time to see the fu…
Sonam Sheth
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Why Russia and India both crashed near the moon's south pole before India nailed the first soft landing there
Moon landings are rapid, complex, uncertain events where mission operators have no ability to inter…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A lunar eclipse will bring a blood red moon on Election Day — the last one for 3 years
All the sunrises and sunsets across Earth will paint the moon blood red on the morning of Election …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Wavering NASA lander detects biggest Mars quake yet, even as dust drains its energy
NASA's InSight lander is fighting a layer of Mars dust that's covering its solar panels and causing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China's groundbreaking lunar rover found nearly 40 feet of dust on the far side of the moon
Lunar dust, also called regolith, is a talc-like substance of pulverized rock and dust that settled…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter's rings and moons, in white-hot infrared
NASA's new Webb telescope is powerful enough to capture galaxies 13 billion light-years away, and s…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Earth’s natural satellite Moon is surrounded with asymmetrical clouds
The dust cloud increases in density when annual events like the Geminids meteor shower spew shoot…
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Building blocks of life discovered in Titan’s atmosphere — NASA discovers a ‘weird’ molecule on Saturn’s largest moon
This is a big deal because out of over 200 moons within our solar system, and 62 that belong to …
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Side-by-side photos of the Orion Nebula show how powerful Webb's infrared cameras are. They spot star-forming clouds and gas cocoons Hubble can't see.
A new image of the Orion Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals parts of the nebula tha…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet left behind a trail of dust that Earth plows through each year, producing a display …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see the shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
After midnight on October 21 and 22, when the Orionids' location has risen high in the sky, find a …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Indians waiting for lunar eclipse will miss the blood moon
The total lunar eclipse of the year will not be visible from India. It will be a 'super wolf moon.'
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Richard Gordon, one of only 24 astronauts to visit the moon, has died
Richard "Dick" F. Gordon Jr. was a test pilot chosen in NASA's third group of astronauts in 1963. H…
Associated Press,Dave Mosher
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Here's how and when to watch the harvest moon - and what makes it so special
While it might appear to be a cosmic signifier of fall, the changes in color are due to the effects…
Kevin Loria
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Earth's air supply may reach nearly 400,000 miles into space - so far that the moon constantly flies through it
SOHO, which has been in operation for about 23 years, carries an ultraviolet-light-recording instru…
Dave Mosher
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The Super Harvest Moon Is Coming
The Harvest Moon is the name for the full moon that is closest to the autumnal equinox, or the offi…
Dina Spector
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The Harvest Moon Is Coming
Typically, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day throughout the year. But when the full mo…