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Embark on a captivating journey of lunar exploration with detailed telescope footage of the Moon’s surface. In this video, ...
A picture taken recently by a Japanese company’s spacecraft shows how your interpretation of objective reality can be tested ...
The ever-moving lunar terminator has shifted to throw three prominent craters into contrast: Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and ...
lunar craters larger than 12.5 miles in diameter "light up." A topographic map shows Orientale basin (580 miles in diameter), the largest young crater on the Moon. This basin formed from a ...
The National Park Service invites members of the public to participate in three special “walks on the Moon” that will be held in May and June at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.
The National Park Service will host a series of three guided walks and hikes at Craters of the Moon National Monument and ...
New observations from the SOFIA airborne observatory (which completed its final flight in September 2022) produced a detailed map of water molecules near the moon’s South Pole. These results ...
Our Moon has many craters, many quite large with respect to its overall size. One thing I noticed though, they all seem relatively 'filled' back in. Since there are no winds nor natural erosion ...
Craters of the Moon is hosting a free Star Party. The party will be led by the park's "Astro Ranger as well as other volunteer astronomers. People will be able to look through telescopes to see ...
But it’s a mistake to overlook the Craters of the Moon Wilderness Area, because here visitors can explore one of the most incredibly diverse and ruggedly wild landscapes in Idaho. The Craters of ...
Tediously searching through imagery from a NASA spacecraft, researchers found where a discarded stage of a forgotten rocket crashed in March. But other questions remain. By Kenneth Chang After ...