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What is the coldest place in the solar system?
By Joe Phelan last updated
What is the solar system's coldest spot and how does the coldest place on Earth compare?

Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of Liberty
By Brandon Specktor last updated
A private company has received funding from the U.S. government to build the first-ever "streetlights" on the moon — towering, Statue of Liberty-sized structures that could withstand the brutal lunar night.

Scientists just found the 'front door' to a massive cave on the moon
By Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Eos.org published
The Sea of Tranquility is home to at least one lunar lava tube, which could preserve a pristine and unweathered record of lunar volcanism.

We finally know where the moon's atmosphere comes from
By Robert Lea published
"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere."

China's Chang'e 5 rover detects hints of water on the moon
By Ben Turner published
The hydrated molecules were found inside a rock sample retrieved by China's Chang'e 5 mission in 2020

Space photo of the week: 55 years ago, the 'world's loneliest man' snapped this iconic Apollo 11 image
By Jamie Carter published
Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".

July's full 'Buck Moon' rises this week — and signals a big lunar transition is on the way
By Jamie Carter published
July's full moon — also known as the Buck Moon, the Thunder Moon and the Hay Moon — will be at its fullest on the night of July 21. It's the last "regular" full moon before a parade of four consecutive "supermoons" light up the sky.

China opens Chang'e 6 return capsule containing samples from moon's far side
By Andrew Jones published
China's Chang'e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo — samples from the moon's mysterious far side.

Newly discovered asteroid larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will zoom between Earth and the moon on Saturday
By Brandon Specktor published
On Saturday (June 29), an asteroid larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will fly past Earth at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 MK, poses no risk to our planet.
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