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China’s lunar rover may have found minerals from the moon’s mantle
The Chang’e-4 mission spotted material on the lunar surface that appears to contain bits originating from the moon’s interior.
By Maria Temming | 1:00pm, May 15, 2019
Apollo mission
News | Planetary Science
Apollo-era moonquakes reveal that the moon may be tectonically active
By Carolyn Gramling | 11:00am, May 13, 2019
Asteroid Itokawa
News | Planetary Science
Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry
By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, May 01, 2019
exomoon
News | Planetary Science
Skepticism grows over whether the first known exomoon exists
By Lisa Grossman | 12:30pm, April 30, 2019
asteroid Ryugu before and after crater pics
News in Brief | Planetary Science
Pictures confirm Hayabusa2 made a crater in asteroid Ryugu
By Lisa Grossman | 12:09pm, April 26, 2019
Mars InSight lander
News in Brief | Planetary Science
NASA’s Mars InSight lander may have the first recording of a Marsquake
By Carolyn Gramling | 5:59pm, April 23, 2019
Mercury
News in Brief | Planetary Science
Mercury has a massive solid inner core
By Carolyn Gramling | 9:58am, April 22, 2019
meteor
News | Planetary Science
A 2014 meteor may have come from another solar system
By Lisa Grossman | 2:29pm, April 16, 2019
moon
News | Planetary Science
Meteor showers dig up water on the moon
By Lisa Grossman | 1:14pm, April 15, 2019
mosaic image of Titan
News in Brief | Planetary Science
Saturn’s moon Titan sports phantom hydrocarbon lakes
By Maria Temming | 11:00am, April 15, 2019
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