The moon may seem like a cold, lifeless rock. But how cold does it actually get on the lunar surface? What is the temperature of the moon? Actually, it's not that cold — at least, not all the time. As ...

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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), an unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon, has returned its first data. One of the seven instruments aboard, the Diviner Lunar Radiometer ...

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Five years ago, the global COVID-19 lockdown briefly halted human activity, triggering a drastic drop in air pollution and temporary banishing of haze. Clear sky over cities reduced Earth’s ability to ...

Did temperatures on the moon dip due to the world's Covid-induced lockdown? Scientists have been arguing about this curious topic recently. In a surprising revelation, two scientists last year ...