“Earthrise”, an image taken during an orbit of the moon as part of the Apollo 8 mission NASA
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2024 is going to be all about moons – there are a lot of missions to Earth’s moon, Europa Clipper is heading to Jupiter’s moon Europa and there’s even a mission to observe the asteroid moon Dimorphos. So I thought I’d put aside my…
![Small dome in the Compton-Belkovich region (61.33 ?N, 99.68 ?E). Evidence indicates a volcanic origin for this and other intriguing features in the region. Incidence angle is 64?, Sun is from the SSW, image is ~510 m across. NAC image number M139238146L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://images.newscientistbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07172644/SEI_163208069.jpg)
