NASA says Boeing-built SLS moon rocket is ‘essential’ as company warns of layoffs
NASA responded to news that Boeing aims to lay off up to 400 workers from its Space Launch System program. The SLS rocket ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
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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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Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colossal asteroid strike
Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...
Trump Evicts Moon Rock From Oval Office, Returns It to NASA
Trump’s new decor of the Oval Office could reflect the president’s Mars-bias, chucking the lunar rock out of the White House.
Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
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Young ridges on Moon’s surface suggest that it is still active
Researchers found young ridges on the moon’s far side, proving it is still geologically active. The ridges formed in last 200 ...
Moon on the Move: Surprising New Ridges Reveal Recent Activity
A new study has uncovered evidence that the moon is still geologically active, contradicting previous beliefs that its ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
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The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
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Moon missions in 2025: Five missions will help astronauts return to the moon
That’s a NASA program in which the space agency teams up with American ... A spacecraft will circle the moon to remotely map different forms of water on the lunar surface. Type of craft ...