Back to Article List Michael’s Miscellany: 10 Cool Things About the Moon There are a lot of interesting things about Earth’s lone natural satellite.

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#10. Of the 9,113 official features on the Moon, a mere 421 are not craters. That's only 4.6 percent. The post Michael's Miscellany: 10 Cool Things About the Moon appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.

The moon will reach its peak at 4:37 p.m. EDT on July 10. During moonrise the lunar disk appears larger than it is as it is ...

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After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

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