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A peek inside the Moon with Copernicus
A spectacular young crater with two central mountains.
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Underground lava tubes on the Moon
A pit in Marius Hills.
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Can there be a galactic empire?
Are galactic empires akin to ones in Star Wars and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation possible?
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Farside surprise - Mare Moscoviense and Luna 3
Seen here are the vast lava plains of a region on the Moon's farside called Mare Moscoviense. Lunar maria are solidified lava plains, composed primarily of basalt, and are plentiful on the Moon's nearside. These are formed by partial melting of the lunar interior, specifically the
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Mount as high as Everest! – Zeeman Mons
Standing tall at 8.8 kilometers, Zeeman Mons on the Moon competes with Earth's Mount Everest. Zeeman Mons rises 8.8 kilometers above the floor of the namesake crater within which it resides. While mountains on Earth take millions of years to form under the slow process of
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Glorious Aristarchus
The size of a large city, and one of the brightest features on the Moon, Aristarchus crater is easily visible to the naked eye.
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From Hipparchus to Gaia, the story of finding our place among billions of stars
Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't until 1807 when we truly realized just how far away stars really were.
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A galore of lava channels on the Moon
At Rimae Prinz.
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A wildly irregular crater on the Moon
The slumped walls of Larmor Q crater.
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The ancient lava channel near which Apollo 15 astronauts landed
The meandering rille of Hadley.
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Lava filled Gassendi crater with buried mountain bases
A candidate landing site for NASA's Apollo 17 mission.
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Y-shaped mountains on the Moon
Adorning the crater aptly named King.