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A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.
The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...
Stargazing is a peaceful and rewarding activity that's worth adding to your bucket list. Here are the best places to stargaze ...
Simply put, the moon is useful in a way that no other astronomical object is. That's because it's the nearest, most easily ...
At the heart of the challenge is the MicroChariot, a small, semi-autonomous lunar rover developed by NASA as a testbed for ...
What could we choose as the seven most remarkable celestial objects visible either with our eyes or with a small telescope?
Radio astronomers like a bit of peace and quiet, so they're sending an historic first radio telescope to the Moon. To block ...
When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...
According to a new study, Earth's mini-moons may not be from the asteroid belt after all. They're made of Moon.
A new study identifies Amazonis Planitia, particularly the AP-8 region, as a promising landing site on Mars. This location ...