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NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta
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Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface. Although the Moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies use the same technique to…

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Lab Work Digs Into Gullies Seen on Giant Asteroid Vesta by NASA’s Dawn
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Known as flow formations, these channels could be etched on bodies that would seem inhospitable to liquid because they are exposed to the extreme vacuum conditions of space. Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many celestial bodies in our solar…

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Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave scientists extraordinary close-up views of the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By the time the mission ended in October 2018, the orbiter had dipped to less than…

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