Chinese researchers used Earth-based radar and the world’s largest radio telescope to estimate ice content in lunar soil.

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A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

Discover how AI technology is unraveling the ancient mysteries of the Nazca geoglyphs in the deserts of southern Peru.

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NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

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