As part of the first demonstration of laser communication with a satellite at the moon, scientists with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the spacecraft from Earth
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Comet Ison could draw millions out into the dark to witness what could be the brightest comet seen in many generations — brighter even than the full Moon.
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No, not really, because it takes a lot more than a puny man made nuclear explosion to blow up the moon. Documents reportedly show the plan was abandoned because of fears it would have an adverse effect on Earth should the explosion fail.
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Plan was later scrapped due to possible danger to people on Earth
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The moon is known for its ability to impact on our tides, but it has been causing another effect over the last few years – disrupting experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
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NASA accidentally confirms what we have known all along, that there are indeed structures on the moon.
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state.
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There’s a wide-spread consensus that certain governments and groups go out of their way to make Iran seem a bigger threat than it could ever be. But as the practice continues, public opinion on the country, and ways to deal with it, are becoming all but surrounded by fantasy
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An upcoming documentary lays out an intriguing new twist in the historical saga of the Cold War space race: Yugoslavia had secretly made major advances in space travel technology. Did Yugoslav leader Tito make a pact with President Kennedy that would change history?
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Alien life might once have set up a lunar base in the underground networks of lava tubes beneath the moon’s dark, basaltic plains, and perhaps have left rubbish when they departed.
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