Meet the Women Who Run the World’s Most Iconic High-Jewelry Ateliers
Names like Tiffany's Nathalie Verdeille and Boucheron's Claire Choisne are giving decades-old designs a modern appeal. We ...
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NASA extends tiny CAPSTONE probe's moon mission to December 2025
'In five years, CAPSTONE has gone from a bright idea by a small business to a mission that continues well past its expected end date.' NASA's CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft recently marked its 100th ...
Scientific American19d
Why Does the Moon Look Bigger Near the Horizon?
I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...
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In Jordan, a ‘Stunning’ Discovery Under Petra’s Ancient Stone
A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates ...
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What's inside the moon? Gravity measurements suggest a layer of molten rock
Deep below the Earth's crust, molten rock rises and falls, driving the movement of tectonic plates on our planet's surface — and for some time, researchers have debated whether the moon also has ...
Forbes19d
Meet The Only Man Who Knows What The Moon Really Looks Like
Sunset at Atlas and Hercules Craters from the Photographic Atlas of the Moon, by Robert Reeves. The moon is back in fashion, but how well do you know it? It's been over 55 years since Neil ...
Science Daily23d
Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper sails toward ocean moon of Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The ...
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The Hunter's Moon this week will be a supermoon — the brightest in 2024
The next full moon is due to appear this week in night skies all over the world. When it emerges, the phenomenon will hold a couple of notable titles. First, it's the Hunter's Moon, a centuries ...
Scientific American23d
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Aims for Jupiter’s Most Intriguing Moon
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—Just four days after Hurricane Milton barreled through Cape Canaveral, Fla., a mission set to explore the workings of another water world blasted off from NASA’s ...
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See the Super Hunter’s Moon Tonight, the Biggest and Brightest Full Moon of the Year
This week’s supermoon is closer to Earth than any other in 2024 Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation A full moon rises in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The ...
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NASA spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's Europa moon
A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons launched Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life. The solar-powered spacecraft ...
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What NASA's mission to Jupiter moon can - and can't - achieve
Ever since the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter's icy moons in 1989, scientists interested in life beyond our planet have been desperate to go back. Europa Clipper, which blasted off from ...