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Lunasox Telegraph - News from the Moon
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+ Study Suggests Ice on Lunar South Pole May Have More Than One Source
Brown University, Oct. 10, 2019
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+ Sun Science has a Bright Future on the Moon
M. Hatfield, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 03, 2019
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+ How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the Moon
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 07, 2019
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+ 'Terminators' on the Sun Trigger Plasma Tsunamis and the Start of New Solar Cycles
L. Snider, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Jul. 24, 2019
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+ Inside Dark, Polar Moon Craters, Water Not as Invincible as Expected, Scientists Argue
L. Shekhtman, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 23, 2019
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+ GSLV-Mk III - M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission
Indian Space Research Organization, Jul. 22, 2019
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+ NASA Selects Teams to Study Our Moon, Mars' Moons, and More
NASA/HQ, Jun. 28, 2019
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+ NASA Scientists Find Sun's History Buried in Moon's Crust
L. Shekhtman and M. Hatfield, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 17, 2019
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+ Formation of the Moon Brought Water to Earth
University of Műnster, May 20, 2019
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+ The Space Rock That Hit The Moon at 61,000 Kilometres an Hour
Royal Astronomical Society, Apr. 29, 2019
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+ Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 15, 2019
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+ And the Blobs Just Keep on Coming
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 04, 2019
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+ Here Comes the Sun
UNH has role in NASA's first mission to the sun's atmosphere
R. Irelan, University of New Hampshire, Mar. 13, 2019
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+ What Scientists Found After Sifting Through Dust in the Solar System
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 12, 2019
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+ SwRI-led LAMP Instrument Sheds Light on Lunar Water Movement
Southwest Research Institute, Mar. 08, 2019
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+ Parker Solar Probe Reports Good Status After Close Solar Approach
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Nov. 07, 2018
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+ NASA Team to Fly First-Ever Coronagraph Capable of Determining the Formation of the Solar Wind
L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Nov. 06, 2018
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+ Are Moon Caves Safe for Astronauts? Earth's Lava Tubes Can Help Us Find Out
M. Bartels, Space.com, Sep. 25, 2018
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+ Mysterious 'Lunar Swirls' Point to Moon's Volcanic, Magnetic Past
N. Buccino, Rutgers University, Sep. 20, 2018
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+ Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe
S. Frazier, Parker Solar Probe/NASA, Sep. 19, 2018
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+ The Moon Is Electric - Especially When It's Full
R. G. Andrews, National Geographic, Sep. 18, 2018
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+ Bricks From Moon Dust
European Space Agency, Aug. 20, 2018
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+ Parker Solar Probe Marks First Mission Milestones on Voyage to Sun
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Aug. 17, 2018
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+ NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun
NASA, Aug. 12, 2018
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+ It's Easier to Leave the Solar System Than to Reach the Sun
M. Koren, The Atlantic, Aug. 10, 2018
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+ NASA's Parker Solar Probe and the Curious Case of the Hot Corona
Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 29, 2018
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+ Radiation Maps of Jupiter's Moon Europa: Key to Future Missions
NASA, Jul. 23, 2018
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+ Molecular Oxygen in Comet's Atmosphere not Created on its Surface
H. Dunning, Imperial College London, Jul. 03, 2018
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+ New NASA Model Gives Glimpse into the Invisible World of Electric Asteroids
B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, 2018
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+ Thank the Moon for Earth's Lengthening Day
K. A. Tyrrel, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Jun. 04, 2018
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+ How Solar Prominences Vibrate
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Spain, Jun. 01, 2018
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+ Breathing Lunar Dust Could Pose Health Risk to Future Astronauts
Stony Brook University, May 04, 2018
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+ Lunar Swirl Features Reproduced by Modeling Solar Wind Standoff
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Apr. 29, 2018
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+ Projectile Cannon Experiments Show how Asteroids can Deliver Water
Brown University, Apr. 25, 2018
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+ Magma Ocean may be Responsible for the Moon's Early Magnetic Field
K. Valentine, Arizona State University, Apr. 24, 2018
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+ On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Feb. 23, 2018
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+ SwRI Scientist Helps Characterize Water on Lunar Surface
Southwest Research Institute, Feb. 23, 2018
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+ Fossilized Feature Records Moon's Slow Retreat from Earth
T. Knoss, University of Colorado Boulder, Feb. 06, 2018
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+ Bashing Holes in the Tale of Earth's Troubled Youth
A. Mann, Nature, Jan. 24, 2018
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+ What Scientists Can Learn About the Moon During the Jan. 31 Eclipse
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 23, 2018
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+ Space Weathering Asymmetrically Alters Lunar Crater Walls
S. Stanley, EoS, Jan. 23, 2018
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+ Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
SETI Institute, Jan. 11, 2018
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+ Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity
E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Dec. 12, 2017
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+ India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission Preparing for March 2018 Launch
E. Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society, Nov. 29, 2017
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+ Solar Minimum Surprisingly Constant - More Than Half a Century of Observation Yields New Discovery
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Nov. 17, 2017
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+ NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon
L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Nov. 09, 2017
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+ Scientist Devises a Solar Reactor to Make Water and Oxygen from Moon Rocks
S. Kraemer, Solar Paces, Oct. 26, 2017
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+ Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres
NASA/JPL, Oct. 26, 2017
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+ A Newly Discovered Moon Tunnel Could be the Perfect Place for a Colony, Scientists Say
A. Selk, Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2017
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+ NASA's SDO Spots a Lunar Transit
NASA/GSFC, Oct. 20, 2017
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+ Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons
B. Steigerwald and N. Jones, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 18, 2017
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+ New NASA Study Shows Moon Once Had an Atmosphere
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Oct. 05, 2017
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+ New Research Suggests Mercury's Poles Are Icier Than Scientists Thought
Brown University, Sep. 19, 2017
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+ NASA's Lunar Mission Captures Solar Eclipse as Seen From the Moon
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 29, 2017
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+ Aug. 21 Solar Eclipse, From Ground and Space
R. Garner, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 22, 2017
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+ During Eclipses, Astronomers Try to Reveal the Secrets of the Solar Wind
C. Cofield, Space.com, Aug. 13, 2017
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+ Huge Scientific Gain Seen from Solar Eclipse
Williams College, Aug. 11, 2017
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+ Lunar Dynamo's Lifetime Extended by at Least 1 Billion Years
J. Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aug. 09, 2017
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+ The Sun's Core Makes a Complete Rotation in One Week
Centre National del la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Aug. 07, 2017
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+ Gravity Waves Detected in Sun's Interior Reveal Rapidly Rotating Core
European Space Agency, Aug. 01, 2017
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+ Scientists spy new evidence of water in the Moon's Interior
Brown University, Jul. 24, 2017
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+ Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on Asteroids
Planetary Science Institute, Jul. 07, 2017
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+ Magnetic Memories of a Metal World
St. John's College, University of Cambridge, Jun. 22, 2017
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+ Innovative Postage Stamp Celebrates Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse
R. Showstack, EoS News, Jun. 20, 2017
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+ Inspiration Links The Beatles, a Fossil and a NASA Mission
B. Steigerwald and N. Jones, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 01, 2017
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+ NASA Orbiter Finds New Evidence of Frost on Moon's Surface
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, May 31, 2017
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+ NASA Renames Solar Probe Mission to Honor Pioneering Physicist Eugene Parker
G. Brown, NASA/GSFC, May 31, 2017
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+ NASA's SDO Sees Partial Eclipse in Space
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, May 26, 2017
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+ NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field
W. P. Jeffs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Apr. 12, 2017
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+ Lunar Lava Tubes Could Offer Future Moon Explorers a Safe Haven
J. Wendel, EoS Earth and Space Science News, Mar. 24, 2017
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+ NASA's SDO Sees a Stretch of Spotless Sun
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 22, 2017
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+ Solar Eclipse Offers Up a Scientific Bonanza
G. Popkin, American Physical Society News, Mar., 2017
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+ Biogenic Oxygen on the Moon Could Hold Secrets to Earth's Past
J. Wendel and M. Kumar, EoS Earth and Space Science News, Jan. 30, 2017
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+ NASA Study Finds Solar Storms Could Spark Soils at Moon's Poles
Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 09, 2017
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+ NASA Moon Data Provides More Accurate 2017 Eclipse Path
S. Schlieder, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 05, 2017
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+ Scientists Identify Source of the Moon's Water
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, 2016
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+ Luna 9: 1st Soft Landing on the Moon
E. Howell, Space.com, Dec. 21, 2016
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+ Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar System
A. Hawkes, Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 15, 2016
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+ Sun Storm May Have Caused Flare-Up of Rosetta's Comet
N. T. Redd, Space.com, Dec. 02, 2016
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+ A Comet Star
S. Leachman, The Current, University of California Santa Barbara, Nov. 16, 2016
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+ The Sun's Coronal Tail Wags its Photospheric Dog
T. Regan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Oct. 11, 2016
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+ OSIRIS-REx Mission Status Report - Sept. 15
N. Neal-Jones, NASA/GSFC, and E. Morton, University of Arizona, Sep. 15, 2016
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+ The Harvest Moon Rises Friday. And it Might be a Supermoon. And Theres an Eclipse
B. Friedlander and A. Fritz, The Washington Post, Sep. 15, 2016
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+ Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter
S. Siceloff, Sep. 08, 2016
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+ New Findings Suggest Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Geologically Active
J. Wendel, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Sep. 01, 2016
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+ Images From Sun's Edge Reveal Origins of Solar Wind
L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 01, 2016
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+ NASA Discovers 'Lonely Mountain' on Ceres Likely a Salty-Mud Cryovolcano
B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 01, 2016
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+ Spotting the Source of Slow Solar Wind
K. Wheeling, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Aug. 24, 2016
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+ SwRI-led Study Shows Puzzling Paucity of Large Craters on Dwarf Planet Ceres
Southwest Research Institute, Jul. 26, 2016
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+ Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate
E. Zubritsky, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 08, 2016
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+ Scientists Find Possible Solution to 'Faint Young Sun Paradox'
Southwest Research Institute, Jun. 22, 2016
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+ Graphite Found at Pluto Moon Charon and Dwarf Planet Ceres
N. T. Redd, Space.com, Jun. 21, 2016
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+ Scientists Identify Source of the Moon's Water
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Jun. 03, 2016
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+ The Sun's Hidden Magnetic Field During Grand Minimum
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, May 20, 2016
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+ Lunar Shelter: Moon Caves Could Protect Astronauts
N. T. Redd, Space.com, May 05, 2016
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+ The Moon as a Large Scale Meteoroid Detector
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, May, 2016
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+ South Korea Selects Payload for Moon Probe
H. Song, Korean IT News, via NASA SSERVI News, Apr. 20, 2016
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+ GRaND Seeks Subsurface Water Ice on Ceres
Planetary Science Institute, Mar. 22, 2016
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+ Unexpected Changes of Bright Spots on Ceres Discovered
European Southern Observatory, Mar. 16, 2016
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+ NASA Day of Rememberance - 30 Years After Challenger
NASA, Jan. 28, 2016
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+ Ceres: Keeping Well-Guarded Secrets for 215 Years
E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Jan. 26, 2016
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+ A Close Look at the Moon's Dust Cloud
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Jan., 2016
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+ Why We're Going Back to the Moon - With or Without NASA
E. Berger, ars technica, Dec. 15, 2015
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+ New NASA Study Reveals Origin of Organic Matter in Apollo Lunar Samples
B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 28, 2015
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+ Looking Over the Limb
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, Oct. 12, 2015
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+ Ceres' Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail
NASA/JPL, Sep. 09, 2015
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+ Strong Evidence For Coronal Heating Theory Presented at 2015 TESS Meeting
K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 28, 2015
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+ ASU Chosen to Lead Lunar CubeSat Mission
N. Cassi, Arizona State University, Aug. 25, 2015
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+ Research May Solve Lunar Fire Fountain Mystery
K. Stacey, Brown University, Aug. 24, 2015
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+ From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
R. Gutro, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 05, 2015
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+ Lunar IceCube to Take on Big Mission From Small Package
L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 04, 2015
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+ Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images
NASA/JPL, Jun. 22, 2015
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+ Moon Engulfed in Permanent, Lopsided Dust Cloud
University of Colorado, Jun. 17, 2015
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+ Ceres Bright Spots Seen Closer Than Ever
E. Landau, NASA/JPL, May 20, 2015
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+ Dawn Captures Sharper Views of Ceres
E. Landau, NASA/JPL, Feb. 17, 2015
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+ Is Moon Mining Economically Feasible?
L. David, Space.com, Jan. 07, 2015
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+ The Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays
NuSTAR Project, California Institute of Technology, Dec. 22, 2014
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+ The Moon Comes Around Again
New York Times, Oct. 07, 2014
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+ NASA Mission Points to Origin of "Ocean of Storms" on Earth's Moon
NASA/HQ, Oct. 01, 2014
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+ Turning the Moon into a Cosmic Ray Detector
University of Southampton, Sep. 26, 2014
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+ Electric Sparks May Alter Evolution of Lunar Soil
D. Slims, University fo New Hampshire, Aug. 21, 2014
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+ Lunar Pits Could Shelter Astronauts, Reveal Details of How "Man in the Moon" Formed
B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 17, 2014
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+ NASA's STEREO Maps Much Larger Solar Atmosphere Than Previously Observed
K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 25, 2014
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+ Solar Photons Drive Water off the Moon
J. Maderer, Georgia Institute of Technology, Jun. 17, 2014
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+ NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact
R. Hoover, NASA Ames Research Center, Apr. 03, 2014
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+ LRO Mission and North America to Experience Total Eclipse
C. Saravia, Goddard View Magazine, Vol. 10, Issue 4, p. 4-5, Apr. , 2014
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+ NASA Extends Moon Exploring Satellite Mission
R. Hoover, NASA/Ames Research Center, Jan. 31, 2014
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+ Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
W. Clavin, NASA/JPL, Jan. 22, 2014
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+ NASA Selects Research Teams for New Virtual Institute
T. Soderman, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Nov., 2013
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+ Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) Documents Online
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Oct. 20, 2013
Includes 210 documents with more than 17,700 pages of scanned material.
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+ NASA's EUNIS Mission: Six Minutes in the Life of the Sun
K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 18, 2013
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+ LRO's LAMP Ultraviolet Spectrograph Observes Mercury and Hydrogen in GRAIL Impact Plumes
Southwest Research Institute News, Mar. 26, 2013
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+ NASA's LRO Sees GRAIL's Explosive Farewell
N. Neal-Jones and B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 19, 2013
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+ Leaping Lunar Dust
N. Neal-Jones and B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 15, 2013
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+ NASA's SDO Observes Earth, Lunar Transits in Same Day
Karen C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 11, 2013
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+ Solar Wind Energy Source Discovered
Dr. Tony Phillips, NASA Science News, Mar. 08, 2013
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+ Space Instrument Adds Big Piece to the Solar Corona Puzzle
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Jan. 23, 2013
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+ Proba-2 Soaks Up Three Solar Eclipses
European Space Agency, Nov. 14, 2012
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+ Solar Eclipse 2012 Live Webcast, November 14
Cairns and Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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+ Total Eclipse of the Sun
T. Phillips, NASA, Nov. 13, 2012
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+ Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils
J. Erickson, University of Michigan, Oct. 15, 2012
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+ Neil Armstrong Honored at National Cathedral
NASA, Sep. 13, 2012
From Apollo 11 Plaque: Here Men From The Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We Came in Peace For All Mankind. Signed by Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E Aldrin, and President Richard Nixon.
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+ Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, Aug. 30, 2012
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+ First Earthrise Photo Taken 46 Years Ago Today
K. Cowing, Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP), Aug. 23, 2012
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+ Magnetic Turbulence Trumps Collisions to Heat Solar Wind
P.Dunn, University of Warwick, Aug. 17, 2012
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+ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spectrometer Detects Helium in Moon's Atmosphere
B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 15, 2012
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+ New Report Presents Research Program for Solar and Space Physics Over the Next Decade
News from the National Academies, Aug. 15, 2012
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+ Heliophysics Nugget: Colorful Science Sheds Light on Solar Heating
K. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 19, 2012
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+ 'Deflector Shields' Protect the Lunar Surface
J. Gilmore, Science & Technology Facilities Council, UK, Jul. 18, 2012
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+ Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First
Believed
S. Bowles, Universities Space Research Association, Jun. 21, 2012
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+ ESA to catch laser beam from Moon mission
European Space Agency, Jun. 19, 2012
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+ Researchers Estimate Ice Content of Crater at Moon's South Pole
B. Steigerwald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Jun. 20, 2012
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+ Proba-2 catches solar eclipse
European Space Agency, May 21, 2012
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+ NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings 'Earthrise' to Everyone
E. Zubritsky, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Apr. 18, 2012
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+ Getting to the Moon on Drops of Fuel
L. Pousaz, News Mediacom, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Mar. 30, 2012
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+ How Water on the Moon Could Fuel Space Exploration
L. David, Space.com, Mar. 29, 2012
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+ Cosmic Rays Bombing the Moon Transform Lunar Surface
Space.com, Mar. 19, 2012
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+ Making the Case for Human Missions to Asteroids
J. Foust, SpaceRef, Mar. 07, 2012
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+ VLT Rediscovers Life on Earth by Looking at the Moon
European Southern Observatory, Feb. 29, 2012
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+ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Reveals Lunar Surface Features
Southwest Research Institute, Jan. 12, 2012
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+ Solar Storms Could 'Sandblast' the Moon
W. A. Steigerwald, NASA GSFC, Dec. 06, 2011
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+ Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere
T. Phillips, NASA Science News, Nov. 14, 2011
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+ Ancient Lunar Dynamo May Explain Magnetized Moon Rocks
T. Stephens, Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Nov. 9, 2011
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+ Russian craft embarks on voyage to Mars moon
Mars Daily, Nov. 9, 2011
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+ Lunar Probe to Search for Water on Moon
Space-Travel.com, Oct. 20, 2011
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+ NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth
NASA JPL News, Sept. 29, 2011
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+ Exploring an asteroid with the Desert RATS
ESA News, Sept. 22, 2011
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+ Active Reconnection by a Quiet Sun
ACE News #142, Sept. 22, 2011
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+ NASA to Launch Guidelines to Protect Lunar Artifacts
L. Laursen, Science Magazine, Vol. 333, Sep. 2, 2011
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+ SDO Spots Extra Energy in the Sun's Corona
Karen C. Fox, NASA, July 27, 2011
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+ Moon Express Announces Dr. Alan Stern as Chief Scientist
Staff, Space Ref, July 20, 2011
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+ Twin ARTEMIS Probes to Study Moon in 3D
Staff, Moon Daily, July 14, 2011
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+ LunaSOX Data Services
AGU SPA Section Newsletter, Vol. XVII, Issue 49, July 13, 2011
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+ ARTEMIS Spacecraft Prepare for Lunar Orbit
K. C. Fox, Space Travel, June 24, 2011
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+ LRO Takes Extreme Close-up of Eclipse
NASA, June 13, 2011
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+ Mercury's Surface: The Role of Space Weathering
Mercury Messenger Project, May 31, 2011
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+ Lockheed Accelerates Orion to Achieve 2013 launch and potential 2016 Manned Lunar Flyby
Ken Kremer, Universe Today, Apr. 26, 2011
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+ What Future for Chang'e-2
Morris Jones, Space Daily, Mar. 09, 2011
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+ Waxing Moon Exploration
David Sims, EoS Spheres, University of New Hampshire, Fall, 2010
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+ Proba-2 teams up with solar eclipse watchers
European Space Agency, Jul. 12, 2010
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