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A prototype rover creeps through a lava tube in Spain’s Canary Island of Lanzarote, part of a training campaign to explore settings on Earth that could be similar to those on the moon and Mars.

Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes

By Rafi Letzter published

Vast lava tubes pock the surface of the moon and Mars, and could protect explorers from the elements. But first someone needs to explore them.

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Elon Musk Is Blasting Someone to the Moon, and We Have Questions

By Brandon Specktor published

Elon Musk's lunar flyby is one giant leap for space tourism.

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Primeval Reservoirs Under Earth's Mantle May Be Older Than the Moon

By Tia Ghose published

The Earth's mantle retains traces of primeval materials that are older than the moon, which formed a scant 100 million years after the solar system's coalescence.

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Full Moon Tonight: Facts About 2012's Last Lunar Show

By Joe Rao, Astronomer published

December's full moon rises tonight, Dec. 28, in a final lunar display for the year.

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Obama Win Keeps NASA on Course — Toward an Asteroid

By Mike Wall published

The space agency will likely continue working to get astronauts to an asteroid by 2025.

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