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Moon

Black-and-white satellite image of a pit crater on the Moon.
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Caves Offer Temperate Hope for Future Moon Exploration

by Stacy Kish 22 August 202224 March 2023

Large caves near the Moon’s equator maintain a temperate, stable daily temperature around 17°C.

Illustration of two spacecraft near the Moon, with Earth in the background.
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Moon’s Porosity Changes Cratering History, Study Says

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 3 August 20224 October 2022

Gravity field measurements from decade-old lunar orbiter provide a proxy for counting craters.

Planta Arabidopsis de dos semanas cultivada en un regolito lunar. La planta es pequeña y ella y el regolito se encuentran al centro de la imagen dentro de un recipiente de cristal transparente.
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El suelo lunar permite cultivar plantas

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 June 202227 March 2023

Plantas cultivadas en regolito lunar recolectado por las misiones Apollo crecieron con éxito desde la semilla hasta el retoño, brindando así información sobre las futuras perspectivas de la agricultura lunar.

An Arabidopsis plant grown in lunar soil for about 2 weeks
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Lunar Soil Can Grow Plants

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 May 202227 March 2023

Plants grown in lunar regolith collected by Apollo missions successfully grew from seed to sprout, lending insight into future lunar agriculture prospects.

Model of the evolution of the Serenitatis Basin, on the near side of the Moon.
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An Impact Basin Thermometer for the Moon

by Laurent G. J. Montési 22 April 202216 June 2022

Large impact basins on the near side of the Moon lack the annulus of thickened crust that far-side basins have. The difference can be linked to the thermal structure of the lunar crust.

Three panels adapted from the paper that show moonlight imagery, a low cloud test, and a cloud mask.
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When Less is More—The Moon Sheds Light on Clouds at Night

by Jonathan H. Jiang 12 April 20227 February 2024

Shining light into the dark reveals the unseen, but in some cases, it changes our perception of reality. Through moonlight we learn how the environment tricks our ways of finding nocturnal clouds.

A rocky planet and a smaller rocky moon sit on a black background with dark red streaks. The planet in the foreground has a cratered surface and has patches of red, green, gray, and blue rocks. The smaller grayish brown rocky moon in the background is between 10 and 11 o’clock relative to the planet.
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To Make a Big Moon, Start with a Small Planet

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 February 202210 February 2022

Why is our Moon so massive compared with Earth, and how might that configuration happen elsewhere?

A hemispherical panorama of the Moon’s surface with a black background. The Moon’s surface is rough textured and light gray speckled with darker gray splotches. One of the Chang’e-5 lander’s feet rests in the center of the image. It has a black circular foot and is supported by a tripod wrapped in gold foil. The flat bottom edge of the hemisphere is taken up by a blurred view of the lander’s body. A white sampling arm extends from near center to the 1 o’clock position on the hemisphere.
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Lunar Water from China’s Lander Matches Apollo Samples

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 January 202219 January 2022

Chang’e-5’s results are the first in situ measurements of water on the Moon.

An artist’s rendering of early Earth with a huge Moon looking over the alien landscape, including oceans of water
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How Much Did the Moon Heat Young Earth?

by Jure Japelj 11 January 202211 January 2022

Tidal heating may have raised the surface temperature of early Earth and triggered global volcanism, a new study says.

Artist’s rendering of the near-Earth object Kamo’oalewa
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Asteroid May Be a Chip off the Old Moon

by Stacy Kish 9 December 202127 March 2023

Spectral data suggest that Kamo‘oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid, has a composition similar to lunar rocks.

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