How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
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The moon has its own Grand Canyon that was created in just 10 minutes
Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...
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NASA Is Sending a Water Hunter to the Moon, It'll Need Months to Get There
The Lunar Trailblazer satellite will depart at the end of the month on a mission to find and map water on the surface of the ...
A Direct Hit? New Study Redefines the Moon’s Largest Crater
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
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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The moon will cover the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades this week. Here's how to see it
On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...
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Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
They analyzed photos from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to better understand how Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck ...
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Chandrayaan-3's Shiv Shakti landing point on the Moon is as old as life on Earth
The team from India's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has created the first geological map of Chandrayaan-3 landing site, ...
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Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Studying the moon ... and elevation data captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009. The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region ...
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February 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Venus, Jupiter, and Mars continue to dominate the sky, and the Moon occults the Pleiades
Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer: Looping Voyage to Moon
Lunar Trailblazer's voyage to the Moon will take between four and seven months, de-pending on the day it launches. This orbital diagram shows the low-energy transfer trajectory of the NASA mission ...