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Space Exploration

Lava tubes: Nature’s shelters for cosmic colonization

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing, The Moon

The Moon slides into Scorpius: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Human Spaceflight, Solar System, Space Exploration

One small step: A 3D look at how Apollo 11 made history

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

30 interesting images from Apollo 11

New Horizons captured this color-enhanced view of Pluto from a distance of 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) as it flew by the dwarf planet in 2015. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.

Science, Solar System

Is Pluto a planet? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, The Moon

The Moon buzzes the Pleiades: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Science, Solar System

Hold a piece of the Moon or Mars: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Far side of the moon in front of Earth

Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy

While in a circular orbit some 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the lunar surface, ispace's lander-mounted camera captured this shot of Earth rising over the limb of the Moon. The image also captures a unique view of a solar eclipse: If you look closely, you'll see the shadow of the Moon projected on Earth's surface.

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Japanese lunar lander loses contact moments before touchdown

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Martian regolith mixture could prove stronger than concrete

How did the Moon form? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

How lunar cycles guide the spawning of corals, worms, and more