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Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to fly toward the Moon in 50 years, and it all started with water discovered by India's Chandrayaan-1 mission. What seemed like a dead, useless world became humanity's next frontier thanks to one spacecraft's findings in 2008.
A spectacular full moon will grace May Day skies, offering stargazers across North America the perfect excuse to look up at dusk. Even better news: May delivers two full moons this year, making the second one a rare blue moon.
Rare lunar samples from China's Chang'e-6 mission just solved a 4-billion-year mystery about how a massive asteroid collision changed the Moon from the inside out. The discovery explains why one side of the Moon looks so different from the other.
A Tennessee museum is hosting a free live viewing party as NASA sends astronauts around the moon for the first time in over 50 years. Discovery Park of America will combine the historic livestream with hands-on space activities for the next generation of explorers.
A Nature News reporter witnessed history inside NASA's Artemis II mission control as astronauts completed humanity's first crewed Moon fly-by in over 50 years. The mission captured stunning photos and marks the beginning of a new era in space exploration.
Artemis II astronauts witnessed a ghostly blue glow over the Moon's dark side, capturing the strongest evidence yet that our closest neighbor is geologically alive. The discovery could reshape where future missions land and what resources they find.
NASA astronauts just returned stunning images and puzzling discoveries from the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. Their observations of unusual colors, "snowy" craters, and mysterious surface patterns could reshape what we know about the Moon.
China's historic lunar mission just uncovered ancient volcanic secrets buried beneath the moon's far side. The discovery shows how our celestial companion transformed over billions of years, from a volcanic powerhouse to the quiet rock we see today.
Astronaut Reid Wiseman captured stunning color-enhanced moon photos that reveal iron, titanium, and geological treasures invisible to the naked eye. The breakthrough images transform our dusty gray neighbor into a vibrant world of scientific discovery.
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After six decades lost in space history, two teams believe they've located Luna 9, the spacecraft that took the first photos from the moon's surface in 1966. New imaging technology could confirm the discovery as soon as March.
New telescope data suggests Neptune's moon Nereid survived a catastrophic collision that wiped out the planet's original moons over 4 billion years ago. The discovery challenges what scientists thought they knew about how our solar system formed.
A massive new crater appeared on the Moon in 2024, so large it actually reduced the total number of craters by wiping out dozens of older ones. Scientists estimate impacts this size only happen once every 136 years.
This Wednesday's full pink moon could mark the start of humanity's return to deep space after 50 years. Four astronauts are preparing to launch during a historic window that opens April 1.
A groundbreaking study of over 750 Nobel Prize and major discoveries reveals that new tools and methods, not just funding or theory, drive most scientific breakthroughs. The findings could help us predict and accelerate future discoveries across all fields of science.
Four astronauts are making history as the first humans in 52 years to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, and their observations could unlock lunar secrets. Despite a minor toilet hiccup, the crew is preparing for a breathtaking 53-minute solar eclipse behind the moon.
NASA just selected three groundbreaking science experiments headed to the moon by 2028, marking a major step forward in understanding our lunar neighbor. These missions will help protect future astronauts and unlock mysteries about the moon's past.
After more than 50 years, astronauts are heading back to the Moon this April with technology that could unlock Mars and reshape our search for life beyond Earth. Cornell scientists say this isn't just one mission—it's the launchpad for decades of discovery.
Four astronauts just flew farther from Earth than any humans in history, looping around the moon and returning with groundbreaking lunar data. The Artemis II mission shattered a 56-year-old Apollo record while gathering insights that will help future crews land on the moon as early as 2028.
Scientists now believe Saturn's stunning rings formed just 100 million years ago when a moon called Chrysalis ventured too close and shattered. The discovery solves two mysteries: why the rings look so young and why Saturn tilts the way it does.
A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert contains the first definitive proof of an ancient planet as large as Earth's moon that existed 4.5 billion years ago. The discovery rewrites what scientists thought they knew about how our early solar system formed. #
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