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Earth's Moon: Formation, Composition and Orbit
Scientists say a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit.
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The engines will be cleaned up and put on public display.
Jeff Bezos' yearlong quest has been a success.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed the tiny craters made by the Grail moon probes.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was tasked with monitoring the impact of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission probes into the surface of the Moon. The orbiter's LAMP instrument detected the dust plumes.
Chad Blakley (lightsoverlapland.com) captured imagery of the powerful geomagnetic storm over Abisko National Park on March 17th, 2013. The Moon, light cloud cover and dancing auroras made for quite a show.
The celestial duo will dance together Sunday evening.
Rhea's icy surface bears the scars of innumerable impacts over the eons.
A close conjunction of the moon and Jupiter is sure to dazzle stargazers this week.
Both the Earth and Moon blocked NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's view of the Sun on March 11, 2013.
Find out how long the moon is officially "full," why a half-illuminated moon is called a "quarter moon," and more.
The Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi captured the asteroid on March 3rd, 2013 on approach to its minimum distance from Earth (~246,000 miles, about the distance of the Moon). Look for the small bright speck in the center of the screen.
An asteroid (named 2013 EC) on a trajectory to fly-by Earth was discovered on March 2nd, 2013 at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Its nearest approach (March 4) was ~246,000 miles, about the distance of the Moon.
In the last year, private companies have unveiled asteroid mining projects, space rock sentinels and more.
One toddler's fascination with the moon has become a hit on YouTube.
See the top 10 cool facts about our natural satellite, the moon.
McKay helped train the Apollo moonwalkers and led a study that claimed a Mars meteorite may contain signs of past life.
There's plenty to see now on Earth's nearest neighbor.
Find out when and where to look for the pink-looking planet.
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