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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

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The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull

Designating rocks just a few kilometres across as moons is misleading and ridiculous. We need to do a Pluto and cut moons down to size, argues Leah Crane

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Blue Moon

Space

Blue Origin assembles space industry dream team to build moon lander

News

SpaceBit rover

Space

Plans for UK's first moon rover announced at New Scientist Live

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How to find the Apollo landing sites and dramatic craters on the moon

Space

How to find the Apollo landing sites and dramatic craters on the moon

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Starship at a test facility

Space

The rocket Elon Musk wants to send to Mars is almost ready to launch

News

Photo of the surface of the moon

Space

NASA's latest moon photos show no sign of India's lost lander

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India's Vikram moon lander appears to have crashed on the moon

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India's Vikram moon lander appears to have crashed on the moon

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UK's biggest moon exhibition captures centuries of lunar love

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UK's biggest moon exhibition captures centuries of lunar love

Culture

Snowglow in Finland

Environment

Snowglow can cause the night sky to be twice as bright as a full moon

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

Space

India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

India launched its second moon mission on 22 July. The mission will place a lander and rover near the moon’s south pole, a promising site for human exploration

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Space

Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

News

Space

India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

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The moon race was about short-termism and control – we can do better

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