A rare planetary alignment is lighting up the night sky—here’s how to see it
Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...
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It's Official: Scientists Have Confirmed What's Inside The Moon
Probing the interior composition of objects in the Solar System is most effectively ... material inside a planet or moon can help scientists create a detailed map of the object's interior.
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NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...
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Tiny tube experiments simulate solar system’s only moon with an atmosphere
Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...
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Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints
"Because most solar system moons rotate very slowly (keeping the same face towards their planet as they orbit, as our moon does to Earth), any ring particles must be orbiting the moon much faster ...
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The moon: A chunk ejected from Earth?
June 22, 2020 — The Earth-Moon system's history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the two formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the proto-Earth. Earth ended up being the larger ...
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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Colossal Asteroid, 20 Times the Size of Dinosaur-Killer, Struck Solar System’s Largest Moon 4 Billion Years Ago
A massive asteroid impact on the solar system’s largest moon ... Hirata used computer simulations to map out how Gannymede’s ...