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Newly discovered Moon caves could shelter astronauts as they set up lunar bases!
Scientists discover vast underground cave on the moon, offering potential for lunar base and human …
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Lunar loo: Did Apollo astronauts' 96 bags of poop and urine seed the Moon with life?
During the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, astronauts left behin…
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It's official, folks! The ESA has finally confirmed that Earth indeed is still habitable (here’s why!)
The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft just confirmed Earth's habitability during its flyby. …
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Scientists found an underground cave on the moon where astronauts could live and think there may be hundreds more
Scientists have discovered that the moon contains a vast underground cave on the side of a deep pit…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-J…
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Scientists launch JUICE mission to explore Jupiter's icy moons
Could we discover conditions necessary for life outside the Earth in the solar system? This is one …
PTI
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NASA scientist says there could be microbial life hiding in dark craters on the moon's south pole
Extreme microbes on Earth have demonstrated they can survive harsh conditions similar to the lunar …
Jessica Orwig
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Wildfire smoke could turn this weekend's full Buck Moon an ominous blood red
This false blood moon won't turn red because of a lunar eclipse. It's because wildfire smoke is fil…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Moon and Earth shared the same magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago shows new NASA study
The shared magnetic field situation, with Earth and Moon's magnetospheres joined, could have per…
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Russia plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft that can travel from the moon to Jupiter
Russia is building a nuclear-powered 'space tug' that can transport heavy cargo in deep space. The …
Aria Bendix
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China just launched a mission to the moon to collect rock samples — the first time a country will have done so in more than 40 years
The Chang'e-5 mission is the latest step in China's ambitious plan to land on and study the moon. T…
Susie Neilson
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Astronauts are testing NASA's new spacesuits underwater as the agency pushes toward the next moon landing
NASA wants to get astronauts on the moon by 2024. Before that, the agency must make sure its spaces…
Susie Neilson
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A group of tardigrades crashed into the moon in April. The indestructible critters could still be alive.
But because tardigrates can survive in extreme environments, it's likely these tiny astronauts are …
Aylin Woodward
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China is about to launch the first robots to the far side of the moon. Their discoveries could be revolutionary.
"The moon's far side is the oldest surface, and there are probably some Earth rocks over there that…
Dave Mosher
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A mysterious condition makes marijuana users violently ill, and it reveals a hidden downside to the drug's growing popularity
It is still unknown how many cases of cyclic vomiting could actually be CHS, Habboushe said. Conver…
Erin Brodwin
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8 remarkable discoveries that make this beautiful moon of Saturn an ideal place to detect aliens
Earlier this week, Cassini took a detour to fly extremely close to Enceldus - just 30 miles above t…
Jessica Orwig
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These weird animals make scientists think that life could thrive on one of Jupiter's moons
Only first discovered in 2012, the shrimp are not well understood. But last November, a team of sci…
Jessica Orwig
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Here's what aliens living on Jupiter's beautiful moon Europa might look like
Last November, a team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied one of the world'…
Jessica Orwig
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A discovery on one of Saturn's moons just changed how we think about life
So how did these researchers find vents under miles of ice? Using the instruments on board the Cass…
Jessica Orwig
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Award-winning footage shows a baby tardigrade riding one of its greatest predators in a rare microscopic Wild West scene
Tardigrades sometimes eat nematodes, and vice versa, but in this case the baby water bear just need…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve
The three-body problem is a question in physics that deals with planets and stars. It's considered …