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Nearly 40 years ago, an observer saw a strange flash on the Moon. What caused it, and will we see it again?
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Nearly 40 years ago, an observer saw a strange flash on the Moon. What caused it, and will we see it again?
The Red Planet is only 50.6 million miles away — almost walking distance! It won't get this close again until May 2031.
The Red Planet is only 50.6 million miles away — almost walking distance! It won't get this close again until May 2031.
/PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (ALPO) is pleased to announce the appointment of five Trustees to its newly created Endowment...
E-Mail IMAGE: A flake of red peels away from Jupiter's Great Red Spot during an encounter with a smaller anticyclone, as seen by the Juno spacecraft's high resolution JunoCam on 12 February... view more Credit: AGU/Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets WASHINGTON-- The stormy, centuries-old maelstrom of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was shaken but not destroyed by a series of anticyclones that crashed into it over the past few years. The smaller storms cause chunks of red clouds to flake off, shrinking the larger storm in the process. But the new study found that these disruptions a...