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Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system
We’ve found plenty of ice in our solar system, but no consistent liquid water is known on any moon or planetary surface aside ... or the absolute lowest temperature at which a liquid remains ...
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NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots
despite this moon being considerably smaller than our planet. In addition, it is believed that internal oceans exist on Jupiter’s moons Ganymede and Callisto and Saturn’s moons Titan and ...
Planet Parade 2025: Which planets are aligning in January and February? Fascinating facts about them
From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...
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Young ridges on Moon’s surface suggest that it is still active
Researchers found young ridges on the moon’s far side, proving it is still geologically active. The ridges formed in last 200 ...
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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Is About To Take One Small Step ... To Get Us Back To The Moon
Water may arrive on the Moon via a few different routes. The LTM instrument will map surface temperature, while the HVM3 will measure how lunar rocks absorb light. These measurements will allow it ...
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Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
The discovery led them to conclude that 2024 PT5 probably was flung from the moon's surface after one of the many collisions that has left the moon's surface with its iconic craters.
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
The reflectivity of the asteroid’s surface best matches material from the Lunar Highlands, or the bright, rough terrain on most of the moon’s surface, he said. If scientists can link lunar ...