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31/07/2023

We've already established the fact that the moon is a long way away from the Earth, but considering we're still able to see the moon so vividly, you may wonder how big it really is. Well, NASA explains that an equatorial circumference of 10,917 km means that the moon is around 27% of the size of the Earth. To put it in other words, if Earth w

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31/07/2023

If you want to make an impact after your death and don't want to settle for simply being buried six feet under, then you might want to check out this out-of-this-world send-off. Elysium Space boasts a team of space and funeral experts who combine "experience from major NASA

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31/07/2023

The name Eugene Shoemaker might not ring any bells, but this geologist was instrumental when it came to establishing planetary science. Among his many achievements include the fact that Shoemaker had a comet named after him and that he became the only human to have their remains buried on the moon. Indeed, back in 1998, some of Shoemake

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31/07/2023

The debate over thin crust and thick crust holds a little less significance when you're on the moon. That's because there's something for everyone up there, and, no, we are not talking about pizza. Take a peek at NASA's website to find a map displaying the seismic data of the "moon's crustal thickness," and you'll notice that there's a

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31/07/2023

If that suspicious moon up there always seems like it has something to hide, that's because it does. Apparently, the moon only shows us one of its sides because of something called "synchronous rotation." As the Earth is rotating around the sun every year and spinning on its axis every day, the "moon orbits Earth once

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31/07/2023

How can a shadow get darker? When on Earth, light is scattered and reflected through air molecules, which is why the sky looks blue and "allows objects not in direct sunlight to be still well-lit," according to Universe Today. This effect is called "Rayleigh scattering" and doesn't happen on the moon due to the fact that there is no air up there. That's why shadows are darker on the moon's surface, and spo

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31/07/2023

While it's impossible for the average person to notice, the moon is indeed getting further from us. Science Focus explained that the lunar body is moving away from the Earth at a rate of 3.8 cm per year due to the effect of gravity. "Tides raised in the oceans cause drag and thus slow the Earth's spin rate," the outlet added while noting that the "resu

31/07/2023

Have you ever gazed up at the moon and wondered about the contrasting light and dark spots that seem to cover the surface? What you're looking at is remnants of ancient magma flow that caused the rock surface of the moon to appear darker. According to The Wa

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31/07/2023

f you think that your hometown experiences extreme temperature shifts, try living on the moon. Unlike Earth, the moon has no atmosphere to help shield it from the radiation of the sun. This means that when the sun is hitting the surface of the moon, it's baking the surface

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31/07/2023

Our moon may not be the largest one spinning around in space, but it's not exactly the smallest either. Out of the 200 moons that are in our solar system, Earth's moon ranks as the fifth largest, according to World Atlas. The biggest is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, which is almost one-and-

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