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Moon: in which our Earth's Moon, is an astronomical body that orbits the planet and acts as its only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits.
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OCT 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009 ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2024Space & Astronomy
Contrary to widespread belief, our Moon does have an atmosphere, albeit extremely thin and officially known as an &ldquo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could we store samples of Earth’s endangered biodiversity on the Moon for long-term preservation? This is what a r ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study pu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
While the Moon has been mapped in intricate detail over the last several decades, what steps can be taken to improve the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
What causes quakes on the Moon, also called moonquakes, and what can they teach us about quakes on other worlds? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has long been hypothesized to contain a vast, liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. Bu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
On April 8, 2024, the moon will block the sun completely, and weather-permitting, 99 percent of Americans will get to ex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
How deep is the lunar regolith and megaregolith, the latter of which consists of the cracked lunar crust layers resultin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 28, 2024Space & Astronomy
One of the most crucial steps—if not the most crucial step—in safely returning astronauts to the Earth from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 27, 2024Space & Astronomy
After Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the Moon, he said, “It’s almost like a powder”, as he des ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
No American spacecraft has made a soft landing on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 in 1972, but that could change s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is one of the most fascinating objects in the entire solar system, exhibiting h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Contrary to widespread belief, our Moon does have an atmosphere, albeit extremely thin and officially known as an &ldquo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could we store samples of Earth’s endangered biodiversity on the Moon for long-term preservation? This is what a r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study pu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
While the Moon has been mapped in intricate detail over the last several decades, what steps can be taken to improve the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What causes quakes on the Moon, also called moonquakes, and what can they teach us about quakes on other worlds? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has long been hypothesized to contain a vast, liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. Bu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
On April 8, 2024, the moon will block the sun completely, and weather-permitting, 99 percent of Americans will get to ex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How deep is the lunar regolith and megaregolith, the latter of which consists of the cracked lunar crust layers resultin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 28, 2024
Space & Astronomy
One of the most crucial steps—if not the most crucial step—in safely returning astronauts to the Earth from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 27, 2024
Space & Astronomy
After Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the Moon, he said, “It’s almost like a powder”, as he des
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can planetary bodies that orbit in the far reaches of the solar system be geologically active? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
No American spacecraft has made a soft landing on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 in 1972, but that could change s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is one of the most fascinating objects in the entire solar system, exhibiting h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc