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New Moon: What NASA Defines and Observes

A new Moon occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, so that the side of the Moon lit by the Sun faces fully away from Earth. To an observer on the ground, this mea...

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Rivers on the Moon: Current Evidence and What It Means

Rivers on the Moon do not exist in the same way they do on Earth, but the Moon does hold water and ice in forms that are scientifically significant and relevant to future explor...

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Meteorite Hits Cambodia: Verified Events, Impacts, and What They Mean

Meteorite hits Cambodia refer to confirmed cases where space debris survives atmospheric entry and reaches the ground within Cambodia. As of now, there are no widely verified, s...

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Who Discovered Jupiter

Jupiter has been visible to human observers for thousands of years, so no single person "discovered" it in the modern sense. Ancient sky watchers in Mesopotamia, Greece, China,...

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Horses in Space: How Equine Research Informed Spaceflight

Horses in space refers to research conducted on Earth and in orbit that used horses to study motion, balance, bone metabolism, and physiological responses relevant to human spac...

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