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some with central ‘pimples’, closely resembling lunar craters. In the present work, we have repeated this experiment (Fig. 1). We have also put a quantity of dry powder (sand, salt ...

There are thousands of lunar craters that can be seen and enjoyed with a telescope. But some are prominent enough to be seen by smaller instruments such as binoculars. As the phase of the Moon ...

Each unique kind of feature — crater rim crests ... where NASA hopes to look for signs of alien life. High-quality maps of the moon also enable safe lunar landings. In turn, astronauts can ...