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Launching Mass From the Moon Helped by Lunar Gravity Anomalies
Placing a mass driver on the Moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up…
Finally, an Explanation for the Moon’s Radically Different Hemispheres
Pink Floyd was wrong, there is no dark side to the Moon. There is however, a far side. The tidal…
That Explains a Lot. The Moon’s Largest Crater has a Chunk of Metal Embedded in it That’s 5 Times Bigger than the Big Island of Hawaii
One of the largest craters in the Solar System is on our Moon. It's called the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin…
GRAIL Data Points To Possible Lava Tubes On The Moon
Using data provided by NASA's GRAIL mission, researchers from Purdue University have found more evidence of buried lava tubes on…
There Could Be Lava Tubes on the Moon, Large Enough for Whole Cities
Every year since 1970, astronomers, geologists, geophysicists, and a host of other specialists have come together to participate in the…
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Help ULA name America’s next rocket to space. Credit: ULA Voting Details below Watch ULA's March 25 Delta Launch Live…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 361: Modern Women: Maria Zuber
Maria Zuber is one of the hardest working scientists in planetary science, being a part of six different space missions…
Moon’s Blotchy Near Side Has Bigger Craters Than Expected
The familiar blotches that make up "the man in the moon", from the vantage point of Earth, happened because the…
Moon’s Variable Gravity Came From Ancient Impacts
The moon's gravity has been a headache ever since the Apollo era. Areas of "mass concentration" or mascons, discovered in…
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NASA: Reaches for New Heights – Greatest Hits Video
http://youtu.be/HsA_BsH0QxM Video Caption: At NASA, we've been a little busy: landing on Mars, developing new human spacecraft, going to the…