Posts Tagged ‘moon’

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Icy Lakes Discovered on Jupiter’s Moon

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Scientists have found a huge frozen lakes near the surface of Europa, Jupiter’s frozen moon.

It was believed that a liquid ocean exists beneath Europa’s icy shell. However, new evidence that has been found shows that some of that water has upwelled towards the surface and was frozen in huge read more...

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Magnetic Moon Mystery Solved

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Why are there magnetized rocks on the moon’s surface when the it has no magnetic field?

New studies have been published that try to solve the mystery behind the magnetized rocks that are found in the moon. Christina Dwyer and colleagues from the University of California said that the Moon read more...

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Russian Moon Mission Fails

www.express.co.uk

Russia’s $170M Moon mission spacecraft experienced equipment failure within minutes of launching.

Although the initial stages of the launch went as planned, the probe was supposed to fire its engines two times for around eleven minutes later but it never did. Now it is stuck in the orbit of the read more...

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NASA Sting Operation Recovers Moon Rock

www.telegraph.co.uk

An elaborate mission has been launched by NASA to retrieve a moon rock from a wife of a space engineer who received it personally from Neil Armstrong.

In the 70′s a space engineerĀ receivedĀ a moon rock Neil Armstrong. His wife just recently been the subject of a sting operation by NASA. read more...