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Long-lost lunar rover successfully zapped with laser

Space

Long-lost lunar rover successfully zapped with laser

Astronomers have managed to bounce a laser off a lunar rover that had been lost for nearly 40 years – the feat could help investigate the moon's interior

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Liquid asset: The damp side of the moon

Space

Liquid asset: The damp side of the moon

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Apollo rocks dusted off to find new evidence of water

Space

Apollo rocks dusted off to find new evidence of water

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Dusty mirrors on the moon obscure tests of relativity

Space

Dusty mirrors on the moon obscure tests of relativity

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Crystal mountains speak of moon's molten past

Space

Crystal mountains speak of moon's molten past

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Are we looking in the wrong places for water on the moon?

Space

Are we looking in the wrong places for water on the moon?

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Impact reveals lunar water by the bucketful

Space

Impact reveals lunar water by the bucketful

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Found: first 'skylight' on the moon

Space

Found: first 'skylight' on the moon

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Space

Moon-smashing probe aims for new target crater

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How astronauts could 'harvest' water on the moon

Space

How astronauts could 'harvest' water on the moon

Now that we know there is water on the moon, how do we extract it? A NASA design would zap the frigid lunar soil with microwaves and collect the resulting water vapour

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Space

Moon is coldest known place in the solar system

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Space

Rain of meteorites makes the moon hum

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Space

One partner stumbles in lunar probe pas de deux

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Space

India's first lunar probe fails after less than a year

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