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A new remote sensing technique for examining olivine, a material that may aid in understanding the early evolution of the Moon, Mars, and other planetary bodies, has been created by

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Image-Based Navigation May Facilitate Spacecraft’s Safe Moon Landing

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Engineers must outfit spacecraft with tools that let them “see” where they are and go to where they need to be in order for future

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Microbial Life on Mars might be possible due to Bacterial Cellulose

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Astrobiology is interested in the possibility of life on Mars because of its proximity to and similarities to Earth. No evidence of past or present

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Scientists Publish the First Analysis of Rocks Extracted from a Speeding Asteroid

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Scientists have begun to release the first findings from an analysis of a handful of dirt scooped from the surface of a speeding asteroid by Hayabusa2. What they discovered suggests

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The discovery of alien life is improved by Biofinder.

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An imaginative logical instrument, the Compact Color Biofinder, created by a group of University of Hawai'i at Mnoa specialists, may change the game in the

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Lunar Impact History is Clarified by Apollo Samples’ Use of Laser Microprobe Technology

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Since the last Apollo samples were brought back from the moon more than 40 years ago, those samples have undergone some of the most thorough

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NASA Camera Captures Moon Crossing Earth’s Face from a Million Miles Afar

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Last month, the moon passed in front of the side of Earth that receives sunlight, and a NASA camera on board the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured an

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The Early Magnetic Field of the Moon May Have Been Caused by a Magma Ocean

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The Moon's magnetic field was about equivalent to that of the Earth's today four billion years ago. In the history of the Moon's evolution, it

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The Early Solar System is Revealed by the Remains of an Ancient Asteroid

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A previously accepted timetable for catastrophic events in the early solar system has been upended by researchers. Planets and other smaller celestial things were created

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Researchers discover a potential cause for Charon’s red cap

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Southwest Research Institute researchers combined information from NASA's New Horizons mission with novel lab tests and exospheric displays to uncover the logical piece of the red cap on Pluto's moon