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Moon

Having trouble sleeping? Look to the moon for answers

New research shows that our circadian rhythms are guided by the moon as well as the sun

Meet Lynnae Quick, NASA's hunter of space cryomagma

Only the fifth African American woman with a planetary sciences PhD, she's on the team hoping to first see Europa's geysers

Scientists recreated ancient Earth's ocean hell to figure out how life began

The experiment also suggests that extraterrestrial life could also emerge on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus

Before Apollo 11 landed, astronauts needed a map of the Moon

Only one person responded to a call for an absolutely critical mission

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Apollo 11 brought messages from Earth to the Moon and then almost forgot about them

A gold olive branch, an Apollo 1 commemoration, and messages from world leaders were tossed off the lander's ladder

Produced in partnership with Two Photon

60% of astronauts test positive for active herpes virus in space

Something about space brings out cold sores - what does it mean for people on Earth?

The Moon's origins may be far different than we thought

We're still learning the basics about Earth's nearest neighbor

Our cofounder moved across the country to see the eclipse and he will never be the same

“I can’t tell if I’m blacking out or the sun’s being blacked out”

From helium to relativity, eclipses have a history of producing big finds

Here are multiple ways for you to join in the eclipse science tradition on August 21