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The oldest evidence of Earth's atmosphere may be hiding in rocks on the moonThe moon hasn't had a magnetic field for 4.36 billion years. That means it could hold fragments of the ancient Earth.
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Supermoon Blue Moon 2024: Top photos from around the worldAugust's full moon was the first of four supermoons this year. We've rounded up some of the best photos worldwide.
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'A single magma ocean' once covered the moon, data from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggestsThe moon was once engulfed by a massive magma ocean, analysis of geological samples collected by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests.
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See the moment the blue supermoon 'gobbled up' Saturn in epic astrophotography imageOvernight on Aug. 20-21, the full 'Sturgeon Supermoon' briefly occulted, or passed in front of, Saturn, snuffing the ringed planet's light from the sky. An epic new astrophotography image captures the entire spectacle from start to finish.
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The blue supermoon will 'swallow' Saturn tonight — here's when the rare 'lunar occultation' beginsHere's everything you need to know to see the moon as it occults, or passes completely in front of, the bright planet Saturn tonight.
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Why is a 'once-in-a-decade' Supermoon Blue Moon happening twice in 2 years?A 'once in a blue moon' event might not be as infrequent as you think.
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Tonight's 'Sturgeon Moon' will be the 1st 'blue supermoon' of 2024: Here's how to see it at its biggest and bestThe year's first supermoon is also the third full moon in a summer that includes four, making it a 'blue supermoon'. Here's how to see August's full Sturgeon Moon rise.
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Earth’s days once got 2 hours longer — and that may have triggered one of the biggest evolutionary explosions in history, study suggestsThe moon once drifted thousands of miles farther away, and Earth's days got 2.2 hours longer, a new study finds.
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Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of LibertyA private company has received funding from the U.S. government to build the first-ever "streetlights" on the moon — towering, Statue of Liberty-sized structures that could withstand the brutal lunar night.
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