BEIJING — A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a high-resolution atlas detailing the global distribution of lunar surface chemistry, a significant advance that fills a critical data gap in the geological study of…
SpaceX’s 30th launch of 2026 is in the books.
One of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (March 10) at 12:19 a.m. EDT (0419 GMT), carrying the 15,000-pound (6,800-kilogram)…
An artist’s impression of an asteroid that orbits closer to the sun than the earth’s orbit, showing its dark side.
| Photo Credit: NOIRLab/J. da Silva
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Can you make out any features on the Moon’s surface tonight? There’s plenty to see, so here’s what to look for when you look up.
As of Tuesday, March…
A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo challenges a long-standing assumption about Earth’s most extreme ice ages. Using numerical geochemical models, the team showed that…
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On March 3, 2026, Earth lined up directly between the Moon and the Sun, casting its shadow on the full Moon. The total lunar eclipse was visible throughout the Americas, East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Skygazers in those parts of the…
