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Earth from space: Majestic 'yin-yang' crater sits atop a dormant volcano in Turkey
LiveScience· 4 hours agoThis striking photo was captured from the International Space Station. It highlights the unusual ...
Should we seal DNA samples of Earth's endangered species in a moon crater?
SPACE.com· 6 days agoThe idea is to store a biorepository — a biobank that stores samples of biological material cooled...
Inside Siberia's 'megaslump' – and why it is getting bigger
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA megaslump is a vast expanding depression in the Earth's surface. These deep craters "appear like...
Why can't we see the far side of the moon?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAlthough we'll never see the far side of the moon directly from Earth, spacecraft have photographed it. Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first...
Solar reflectors to light up Moon’s permanently dark craters
Interesting Engineering· 2 days agoResearchers are using computer modeling systems to engineer designs for the reflector. According to...
A Laser Zapped the Rocks on Mars and Revealed a Long-Lost Water World
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 6 days agoA new study, analyzing data from a 2017 soil analysis from Gale crater, discovered high levels of...
Lighting Up the Moon's Permanently Shadowed Craters
Universe Today· 3 days agoThe Moon’s polar regions are home to permanently shadowed craters. In those craters is ancient ice, and establishing a presence on the Moon means those...
Mars may have been more Earth-like than we thought, discovery of oxygen-rich rocks reveals
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNewfound rocks on Mars suggest the planet may have once sported an oxygen-rich atmosphere, making it...
The Return to the Moon Looks So Much Different Than Last Time
Bloomberg· 2 hours agoMore than 50 years after the last human set foot on the moon, the US and China are competing to...
Shining a light on untapped lunar resources
Phys.org· 7 days agoNear the moon's south pole lies a 13-mile wide, 2.5-mile-deep crater known as Shackleton, named for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton—and ...
