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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

How old is the moon, how long does the journey take and how much rubbish have we left there? Test your knowledge in our quiz.

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Exoplanet and ploonets

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Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'

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Don't miss: Armstrong, the science of music and codebreaking

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Don't miss: Armstrong, the science of music and codebreaking

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Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module

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How many people have walked on the moon?

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How many people have walked on the moon?

Apollo 11 moon landing

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Apollo 11 moon landing

Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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Earthrise

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Earthrise

False colour image of the South Pole-Aitken Basin

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Huge asteroid that hit the moon may be preserved below the surface

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moon artwork

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Celebrate the moon with the best films, books and festivals

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing is coming. In honour of that, here is the cream of the cultural highlights celebrating all things lunar

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The moon revealed as an object of endless fascination and desire

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The young sun spun slowly, which could explain why we are here

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Don't miss: Apollo 11 recalled, mapping galaxies and a space thriller

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China's rover peeks under the crust of the far side of the moon

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