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Stargazers treated to rare sight as Venus appears beside crescent Moon | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Stargazers spied an unusual sight on Friday night, as Venus appeared beside a crescent moon. The planet could be seen with the naked eye in locations lucky enough to have clear skies and incredible pictures show it seemingly shining. Venus is often called the Morning or Evening Star, as it can easily be mistaken for…
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Moon may be much older than thought because of ‘remelting’ surface | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The moon may be much older than previously thought, according to a new study. Planetary scientists believe the moon’s surface may have “remelted” around 4.35 billion years ago, masking much older lunar features beneath. The moon is thought to have formed when Earth collided with a Mars-sized protoplanet, a rock in the early stages of…
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Private mission to moon to pave way for humanity’s return to lunar surface | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity’s return to the lunar surface. Ghost Riders in the Sky – the mission name chosen by US start-up Firefly Aerospace – will target a landing in the Sea of Crisis, a dark patch the size of Britain on the…
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NASA delays flagship moon landing plans once again | Science, Climate & Tech News
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NASA has delayed its plans to send astronauts back to the moon yet again. The Artemis mission will see four astronauts sent around the moon and back, before blasting off to land on the moon’s surface a year later. But Bill Nelson, head of NASA, told a news conference the next Artemis mission has slipped…
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Earth’s ‘mini moon’ to disappear for 30 years | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A so-called “mini moon” that has been floating round Earth for two months will soon disappear. The harmless space rock, which scientists say could be a boulder that was blasted off the actual moon, was first spotted in August. Known as 2024 PT5, the rock began to partially circle Earth in a horseshoe-shaped path in…
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Europa Clipper: NASA spacecraft blasts off to find out if Jupiter moon can support life | Science & Tech News
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A NASA spacecraft has launched from Florida on a mission to find out if Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could support life. The craft, called Europa Clipper, was on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket which blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral under sunny skies. Its launch had been delayed for several days by…
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What NASA’s mission to Jupiter moon can – and can’t – achieve | Science & Tech News
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Ever since the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter’s icy moons in 1989, scientists interested in life beyond our planet have been desperate to go back. Europa Clipper, which blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, is doing just that. Galileo found clear evidence that while Ganymede, Calisto and Europa have barren frozen surfaces,…
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Moon cave ‘could be base’ for future astronauts, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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An underground cave stretching tens of metres below an open pit on the moon has been discovered which could be a potential base for future astronauts, say scientists. This is the first lunar tunnel to be found which could be accessible to humans, according to researchers. The hollowed passage lies beneath a pit about 100…
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First samples ever collected from ‘far side’ of the moon make it back to earth | World News
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China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon’s far side. The re-entry capsule of the Chang’e probe touched down in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia at about 2pm Beijing time (7am UK time), carrying lunar soil collected earlier in June. At the…
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China lands Chang’e-6 spacecraft on far side of moon in mission to bring back samples for first time | Science & Tech News
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China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon to collect soil and rock samples and bring them back to Earth for the first time. The Chang’e-6 craft touched down in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 6.23am Beijing time on Sunday (11.23pm on Saturday in the UK),…