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Could You Find What A Lunar Crater Is Made Of By Shooting It?

Americans are famously fond of their guns. So it should come as no surprise that a team of NASA scientists…

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When NASA sent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to the red planet in 2006, the spacecraft took an instrument with…

2 years ago

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In addition to its many commercial and scientific uses, helium is one of the most plentiful elements in our universe,…

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[/caption] Or, more appropriately, Voyager 1 is cooling its instruments. To help conserve power, the mission managers at NASA have…

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Blinking spots of intense light are being observed all over the lower atmosphere of the Sun. Not just in the…

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