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Feed SubscriptionPrimitive Attraction: Magnetized Moon Rock Points to Lunar Core’s Active Past
The moon of today is a static orb with little to no internal activity; for all intents and purposes it appears to be a dead, dusty pebble of a world.
Read More »NASA Has Lost Hundreds of Its Moon Rocks, New Report Says
NASA has lost or misplaced more than 500 of the moon rocks its Apollo astronauts collected and brought back to Earth, according to a new agency report.
Read More »Moon Not Made of Cheese, Physicist Explains
“How do you know the moon is not made of green cheese?” Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll at the ScienceWriters2011 conference in Flagstaff on October 17th. [More]
Read More »Rare Volcanoes Discovered On Far Side of the Moon
Shielded from Earth-bound eyes, the far side of the moon is home to a rare set of dormant volcanoes that changed the face of the lunar surface, a new study finds.
Read More »Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife–Experiential Learning and Communicating
Once, while lecturing 150 freshmen about the value of the natural world in which we live I paused and asked, "How many of you can tell me the current phase of the moon?” None could. [More]
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