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Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A sculpture by Jeff Koons has become the first 'authorized' artwork on the moon
Jeff Koon's "Moon Phases" was launched into space with NASA's historic moon return on February 15. …
Mia Jankowicz
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and mak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New NASA photos offer a close look at Jupiter's fiery moon with erupting volcanos that dwarf anything on Earth
NASA's Juno spacecraft flew extremely close to Jupiter's eruptive moon Io and took some stunning ph…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Mysterious tremors on the moon have been traced back to an unexpected source
Scientists have discovered that tiny moonquakes are being produced from the left-behind descent sta…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA probe heads for metal-rich asteroid worth $10 quintillion after launch on SpaceX rocket
With help from Elon Musk's SpaceX, NASA successfully launched a probe headed for an asteroid brimmi…
Filip De Mott
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Chandrayaan's detection of sulphur, other elements will help unveil Moon's mysteries, say experts
What was known in theory has now been confirmed twice. The Chandrayaan-3 mission has authenticated …
PTI
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The race to the moon is heating up as lunar resources could top $1 quadrillion in value
The head of Russia's space agency said "the race for the development of the natural resources of th…
Filip De Mott
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Chandrayaan 2 is not just looking for water on the moon
Geologists believe that since there are similarities between the Earth and the Moon, the c…
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NASA has a plan for mini nuclear reactors on the moon which could one day power a lunar colony
NASA aims to send humans back to the moon within the decade and they'll need a reliable power sourc…
Marianne Guenot
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said in 2021 he knew he'd 'broken some rules' by making the Titanic submersible out of carbon fiber and not pure metal: 'You're remembered for the rules you break'
Stockton Rush said he was aware he defied convention by combining carbon fiber and titanium but sai…
Matthew Loh
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The Orlando Pride's new space-themed jerseys celebrate the first woman, person of color heading to the moon
The NWSL's new "Luna Kit" has arrived, and the space-inspired jerseys play on the club's mega-succe…
Meredith Cash
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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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NASA's InSight Mars lander just gave scientists an unprecedented look at the guts of the red planet. Here's how they compare to Earth's.
By analyzing a dozen quakes, NASA's InSight lander has helped scientists estimate the size and make…
Aylin Woodward
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…