Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our night sky!
More information on seeing Comet NEOWISE: https://theskylive.com/riseset?obj=c2020f3
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Sources:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X20303228
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-spies-newly-discovered-comet-neowise/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/comet-neowise-sizzles-as-it-slides-by-the-sun-providing-a-treat-for-observers
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/comet-neowise-could-be-spectacular-heres-how-to-see-it/
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Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_first_panorama_from_the_far_side_of_the_moon.jpg
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/atlas/images/hires/70019/S73-15333.jpg
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/atlas/lab_view/?mission=Apollo%2017&sample=70019&side=t
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https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/48/the-moons-surface/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_craters_Clavius_and_Maginus.jpg
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