[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon earlier this week to bring back moon rocks in a nation’s first attempt to recover samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. Children play with rocket models at a hotel reception in Longlou city, Wenchang, …
Read More »5 scientific facts we learned just by looking at the moon
[ad_1] The Moon, seen from Earth, is the brightest and most easily identifiable object in the night sky. … [+] Only by observing it and its appearance in detail over time, can we learn an enormous amount of science. kasabubu by pixabay / public domain The brightest object in the …
Read More »China tries to bring back rock samples from the moon with the Chang’e-5 moon probe
[ad_1] China is trying to bring rocks from the moon for the first time since 1976, when the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 collected 170 grams and returned it to Earth. China, which is set to launch the Chang’e-5 probe on Tuesday, hopes to bring 2 kg of moon rocks from …
Read More »Other minimums to discover: the academician of Queen
[ad_1] Many more minimaons will be discovered in the next decade, said a team of academics led by Queen’s University in Belfast. It comes after details of the finding of the second minimaon, a floating silicate boulder called 2020 CD3, were published in the Astronomical Journal. Minima are small asteroids …
Read More »NASA is having “difficulty” landing astronauts on the moon
[ad_1] SpaceX-NASA mission: 4 astronauts emerge radiant after successfully docking at the ISS | Oneindia News A big round of applause for NASA and SpaceX when the 4 astronauts of the SpaceX-NASA mission arrived at the international space station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space. Credit: …
Read More »Hermes and Ersa, the “Greek gods” who predicted the moon’s climate
[ad_1] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (THAT) created two space devices that will have the task of predicting the Lunar time in the next missions, scheduled for the year 2024. Hermes and Ersa, designed by the US and European space agencies respectively, will …
Read More »The full moon looks like a giant eye in the stunning rock arch photograph
[ad_1] Zach Cooley took the incredible shots at Arches National Park, Utah, on October 28 – and from his specific point of view at that specific time, the distant moon and rock arch seemed to come together to form a huge eye. What a shock. Credit: Caters However, it was …
Read More »Ivanka Trump mocked for saying “we will go to Moon and Mars”, tweeple said “stay there”
[ad_1] The second son of US President Donald Trump and his White House adviser Ivanka Trump is scorned by internet users for saying “we will go to Moon and Mars” in appreciation for the launch of SpaceX and NASA on the 16th. November. While there was nothing grossly wrong with …
Read More »The ten-year lunar telescope concept could become a reality – BGR
[ad_1] A group of astronomers studied a 2008 proposal to build a telescope on the moon. The telescope would be able to look back to the origins of the universe and could provide images of the first stars ever created. There are no guarantees that the telescope will be built, …
Read More »NASA wants to build a nuclear power plant on the moon
[ad_1] From Irina Slav – November 16, 2020, 10:00 a.m. CST NASA plans to build a nuclear base and power plant on the moon by 2026 and is inviting proposals from companies ready to accept the challenge. According to a statement released by the Department of Energy, the plan calls …
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