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Is the moon a planet?The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated.
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New study confirms the moon is older than we realized — and reveals why we previously got it wrongScientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks, which has helped obscure the moon's true age.
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Moon quiz: What do you know about our nearest celestial neighbor?Quiz How's your moon knowledge? Full, half, or total eclipse?
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Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekendThe Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet Jupiter.
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Time moves faster on the moon, new study of Einstein's relativity showsUsing Einstein's theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the moon would run 56 microseconds faster than clocks on Earth. That finding will help future lunar missions navigate.
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Canada wants your help to name its 1st moon roverCanada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine.
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Earth's '2nd moon' escapes our planet's orbit — will it ever return?The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.
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China reveals secrets of 1st sample taken from the far side of the moon — and it contains a volcanic surpriseActive volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal.
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Beaver Moon 2024: See the final 'supermoon' of the year rise next to the 'Seven Sisters'The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see November's full Beaver Moon rise.
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