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  Research Lays Foundation for Building on the Moon -- Or Anywhere Else

  September 29, 2010 — The key to the stability of any building is its foundation, but it is difficult to test some building sites in advance -- such as those on the moon. New research is helping resolve the problem by ... > full story
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  Magnetic Anomalies: New Type of Solar Wind Interaction With Airless Bodies in Our Solar System

  September 23, 2010 — Scientists have discovered a new type of solar wind interaction with airless bodies in our solar system. Magnetized regions called magnetic anomalies, mostly on the far side of the Moon, were found ... > full story
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  First Microwave Image of the Complete Moon

  September 20, 2010 — The first microwave image of the complete Moon was obtained thanks to the Chinese lunar satellite Chang’E-1. Global brightness temperature maps reveal radiation from the surface and deeper ... > full story
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  New Insights Into the Moon's Rich Geologic Complexity

  September 16, 2010 — The moon is more geologically complex than previously thought, scientists report. Their conclusion is based on data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance ... > full story
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  Moon's Craters Give New Clues to Early Solar System Bombardment

  September 16, 2010 — A first-ever uniform, comprehensive catalog of large craters on the Moon is providing new clues to the bombardment history that characterized the chaotic early days of the inner solar system. ... > full story
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  NASA's Lunar Spacecraft Completes Exploration Mission Phase

  September 16, 2010 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, completes the exploration phase of its mission on Sept. 16, after a number of successes that transformed our understanding of Earth's nearest neighbor. ... > full story
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  ARTEMIS: First Earth-Moon Libration Orbiter

  September 14, 2010 — In August 1960, NASA launched its first communications satellite, Echo 1. Fifty years later, NASA has achieved another first by placing the ARTEMIS-P1 spacecraft into a unique orbit behind the moon, ... > full story
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  Two Asteroids to Pass by Earth

  September 8, 2010 — Two asteroids, several meters in diameter and in unrelated orbits, are passing within the moon's distance of Earth on Wednesday, Sept. ... > full story
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  NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'

  August 19, 2010 — Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today, according to a team analyzing new images from NASA's ... > full story
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  Mimicking the Moon's Surface in the Basement

  August 6, 2010 — A team of scientists used an ion beam in a basement room at Los Alamos National Laboratory to simulate solar winds on the surface of the moon. The table-top simulation helped confirm that the moon is ... > full story

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