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Meet the Moon Mammoth, the mascot masterminded by John Oliver’s show
In the summer of 1991, a scuba diver named George Moon was combing the depths of Lake Pleasant in Erie County, Pa. When he ...
Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Moon Mammoths after being picked for rebranding by John Oliver
The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...
Let’s not rush to judgment on Operation Midnight Hammer
Harlan Ullman, Ph.D. is UPI’s Arnaud deBorchgrave Distinguished Columnist, a senior advisor at Washington, D.C.’s Atlantic ...
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'Apollo 13' turns 30: How NASA legend Gerry Griffin helped director Ron Howard 'get it right' (exclusive)
The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...
4K From the Moon: Artemis II to Trial High-Speed Laser Communications
If successful on Artemis II, the tech could beam 4K video and rich data back to Earth at record speed, proving deep-space ...
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Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...
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It’s not a fake moon landing, it’s training for the real thing
NASA engineers are recreating the challenging lighting conditions of the Moon’s South Pole to prepare astronauts for the ...
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The Face on Mars and Other Cases of Cosmic Pareidolia
The “man in the moon,” however, is in my opinion a poser. I’ve seen various explanations for why people see a face in the moon’s chaotic, giant-impact-sculpted mix of bright highlands and ...