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A Balanced Budget on Titan
[/caption] It's been said many times that the most Earthlike world in our solar system is not a planet at…
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Two new Moons join the Moon – GRAIL Twins Achieve New Year’s Orbits
[/caption] Take a good close look at the Moon today and consider this; Two new Moon’s just reached orbit. NASA…
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First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science
[/caption] Cheers erupted after the first of NASA’s twin $496 Million Moon Mapping probes entered orbit on New Year’s Eve…
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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
LRO Lets You Stand on the Rim of Aristarchus Crater
[/caption] Have you ever you looked up at the bright, cavernous Aristarchus Crater on the Moon through a telescope or…
ASU Researchers Propose Looking for Ancient Alien Artifacts on the Moon
[/caption] Two researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have made a rather controversial proposal: have the public and other researchers…
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NASA’s Unprecedented Science Twins are GO to Orbit our Moon on New Year’s Eve
[/caption] In less than three days, NASA will deliver a double barreled New Year’s package to our Moon when an…
What if the Earth had Two Moons?
The idea of an Earth with two moons has been a science fiction staple for decades. More recently, real possibilities…
Astrophotos: Christmas Crescent Moon from Around the World
[/caption] A beautiful crescent Moon graced the morning and evening skies over the past holiday weekend, and skywatchers around the…
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Top Astronomy Events Coming Up in 2012
[/caption] As 2011 is drawing to a close, the festive season is here and many of us are winding down…