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Moonquakes and marsquakes: How we peer inside other worlds

August 10, 2020 by Horizon Magazine

Eavesdropping on the shudders and groans echoing deep inside alien worlds like Mars and the moon is revealing what lies far beneath their surfaces and could teach us more about how our own planet formed. On Earth, we can feel and see the often terrifying results of the tectonic plates shifting beneath our feet. As … Read more

Categories Space Tags frontier research, Mars, moon, space

How scientists are piecing together the history of the moon

February 25, 2019 by Anthony King
ANDY SMITH ASTRONOMY

In the solar system’s early days, a first Earth is thought to have been pulverised by a planet that scientists call Theia. We don’t know what it was made of or where it came from, only that it may have been the size of Mars. The powerful collision destroyed both planets so completely that scientists … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags innovation, moon, research, science, space

The moon’s water: where did it come from – and where did it all go?

February 19, 2019 by Richard Gray
Image Credit - ANDY SMITH ASTRONOMY

Fragments of moon rock brought back from the lunar surface by astronauts on the Apollo space missions are providing new insights about where our planet’s life-giving water came from. The next time you take a sip of water, take a moment to consider where it has come from. It may have travelled from a local … Read more

Categories Space Tags innovation, moon, research, science, space

‘The moon is a history museum and we’ve only visited the gift shop’

February 5, 2019 by Horizon Magazine

Humans have not set foot on the moon since 1972, when the last Apollo mission came back to Earth. That could all change in the coming years, however, as entities like the European Space Agency (ESA) are preparing not just to return, but to build a permanent base on the surface. ESA is right now … Read more

Categories Space Tags ESA, history, moon, space

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