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Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago

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Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago

Craters on the moon show it was probably bombarded with asteroids about 800 million years ago, which also rained down on Earth and could have plunged the planet into an ice age

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Lunar lander

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NASA's Artemis Accords aim to lay down the law of the land on the moon

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The moon is emitting carbon, raising questions about how it was formed

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring humans to the moon

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring humans to the moon

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Planet hits Earth

Space

Oxygen in lunar rocks suggests the moon formed in huge collision

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Xie Gengxin

Space

Chinese Chang’e 4 engineer explains how to garden on the moon

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A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft

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2019 was the year we got serious about walking on the moon again

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Conspiracy theories: Why do so many people doubt the moon landings?

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Conspiracy theories: Why do so many people doubt the moon landings?

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Vikram debris on the moon

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NASA has found the remnants of India’s Vikram moon lander

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Martin Rees

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Martin Rees: Humanity's future – predictions for the next century

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees makes some predictions on humanity's future, and calls for coordinated global action to ward off threats from biotech, cyber technologies and advanced AI

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Exploring the wonders of the solar system

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Journeys to the moon: From Apollo onwards

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Spacebit unveil plan for UK's first moon rover

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