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Astronomers Rediscover Life on Earth -- By Looking at the Moon
February 29, 2012 — By observing the Moon using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found evidence of life in the universe -- on Earth. Finding life on our home planet may sound like a trivial observation, but ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Recent Geological Activity on the Moon
February 20, 2012 — New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft show the moon's crust is being stretched, forming minute valleys in a few small areas on the lunar surface. Scientists propose this ... > full story -
X-Rays Illuminate the Interior of the Moon
February 19, 2012 — Unlike Earth, the moon has no active volcanoes. This is surprising as liquid magma is believed to exist deep inside the Moon. Scientists have now found that this hot, molten rock could actually be so ... > full story -
NASA Mission Returns First Video from Moon's Far Side
February 1, 2012 — A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge ... > full story -
Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
February 1, 2012 — A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to ... > full story -
Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft
January 18, 2012 — Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was ... > full story -
Moon-Walk Mineral Discovered in Western Australia
January 15, 2012 — The last mineral thought to have been unique to the Moon has been discovered in the remote Pilbara region of Western ... > full story -
Dark Side of the Moon Revealed: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Reveals Lunar Surface Features
January 13, 2012 — New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal features at the moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness. ... > full story -
First of NASA's GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit
December 31, 2011 — The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar ... > full story -
NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit
January 1, 2012 — The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and ... > full story
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