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Why do scientists take soil on the Moon to bring back to Earth and not on Mars?
Some scientists think that the soil on Mars may be at risk, so they reminded NASA to be cautious.
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NASA spends billions of dollars developing a new, more versatile space suit
The US space agency (NASA) said it has selected two companies to carry out the project to develop a new generation of spacesuits, serving missions on the International S…
Biology
Cockroaches that eat lunar dust from the Apollo 11 mission are being auctioned
Moon dust was brought back to Earth by the Apollo 11 astronauts. The dust is fed to the cockroaches and released. Both cockroaches and dust that have been kept since 196…
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What does NASA send yeast to space for?
According to the plan, NASA will put 2 strains of brewer's yeast on the CubeSat mini satellite to accompany the mission to the Moon - Artemis 1. What do they want to do?
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Fearing catastrophic climate change, scientists want to store all mankind's knowledge on the Moon's volcano
Scientists fear that natural disasters as well as war can destroy all human knowledge stores on Earth.
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Developing a micro-grid to power the Moon base
To operate NASA's lunar base, Sandia National Laboratory is developing a microgrid to distribute electricity from the nuclear reactor.
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China develops materials to build highways on the Moon
The team at Beihang University improved old materials and combined them with 3D printing technology to build roads on the Moon in the future.
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Scientists successfully planted germinating plants on the Moon's soil
Researchers at the University of Florida (USA) have successfully grown Arabidopsis thaliana on lunar soil that was brought back to Earth by the Apollo astronauts.
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Let's look forward to this weekend's lunar eclipse
You can watch a lunar eclipse that causes the Flowering Moon to turn red on May 15 or May 16, depending on your location.
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The moon once 'disappeared' due to... volcanic eruptions
On some days in May, around the year 1110, the moon completely disappeared from Earth's sky.
New technology
Build a device to turn CO2 into oxygen on the Moon
The 5 kg mobile device uses lunar soil, water and solar energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen and fuel.
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Water from Earth's atmosphere may have caused rain on the Moon
Over the past billions of years, Earth may have dumped about 3,500 cubic kilometers of water onto the Moon's poles.
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Technological wonder by '4 space giants' embarked on construction: Weighing 40 tons, nowhere else!
Lunar Gateway is a project that requires the most advanced and sophisticated technology today.
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Photographer who spent 10 years capturing 48 beautiful colors of the Moon
It turns out that the moon is not only gray or dark gray as we often see, instead its color is extremely diverse.
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A mysterious 'black hole' appeared on the largest planet in the Solar System
The photo taken of Jupiter startled viewers because of a very large black streak, appearing on the surface of this planet like a