Moon’s Hidden Magma Ocean?

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Moon’s Hidden Magma Ocean? Artemis May Unlock the Truth. Could ancient lava deep within the Moon reveal secrets of Earth’s birth? The Moon’s far side may be holding onto a secret buried for billions of years — a massive crater containing remnants of an ancient lunar magma ocean. With NASA’s Artemis missions set to return … Read more

A Lunar Map for the Best Places to Get Samples

How can a geologic map of a lunar impact crater created billions of years ago help future human and robotic missions to the lunar surface? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers produced arguably the most in-depth, comprehensive, and highest resolution … Read more

China Plans to Retrieve Mars Samples by 2031

China’s growing presence in space has been undeniable since the turn of the century. Between sending the first “taikonaut” to space in 2003 (Yang Liwei), launching the first Chinese robotic mission to the Moon (Chang’e-1) in 2007, and the deployment of their Tiangong space station between 2021-2022, China has emerged as a major power in … Read more