What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8)
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This article is for students grades 5-8. The surface of the Moon is covered in a thick layer of boulders, rocks, and dust. This dusty, rocky layer is called lunar regolith. It was created a long time ago when meteorites crashed into the Moon and...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 19:18 +0000
NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
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In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened i...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 16:42 +0000
Another Milestone for X-59
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving the ground. The goal of ground-bas...
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- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 16:22 +0000
How Big is Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode: 61
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How big is space? Space is really big. Thinking about our solar system, let’s imagine you could get in a car and drive to Pluto at highway speeds. It would take you about 6,000 years to get there. When we start to think about other stars outside of o...
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- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 15:44 +0000
Devil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover
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The rover took the image — its fifth since landing in February 2021 — between stops investigating the Martian surface. A Martian dust devil photobombed NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover as it took a selfie on May 10 to mark its 1,500th sol (Martian day)...
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- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 15:30 +0000
New images show a pair of galaxies in a deep-space battle
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For the first time, astronomers have observed a pair of galaxies where one is piercing the other with intense radiation from a quasar powered by a black hole.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Wed, 21 May 2025 15:01 +0000