moons
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Under the moon’s surface, magnetized lava may create ‘lunar swirls’
Mysterious swirling patterns seen on the moon’s surface may be linked to underground magma activity, a new study suggests. The…
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China opens Chang’e 6 return capsule containing samples from moon’s far side
China’s Chang’e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo. The return…
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NASA’s Juno Probe Spies Plumes Above Jupiter Moon’s Lava Lakes
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Andrea Luck (CC BY) It’s not a big moon relative to a few of its neighbors,…
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Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds
On Earth, you can look up at night and see the moon shining bright from hundreds of thousands of miles…
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China returns the first-ever sample of the moon’s far side : NPR
The Chang’e 6 capsule landed in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia on Tuesday. CCTV Screenshot by NPR hide caption…
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China returns samples from the moon’s far side in historic 1st
China has made spaceflight history yet again. The nation’s robotic Chang’e 6 mission returned material from the moon’s mysterious far…
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China’s Chang’e 6 probe will soon bring samples of the moon’s far side to Earth — and scientists are getting excited
Early on June 25, after nearly two months in space, the Chang’e 6 spacecraft is returning to Earth. The probe…
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