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Isotopic Evidence of the Moon’s Violent Origins

October 17, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Artist’s impression of an impact of two planet-sized worlds (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Scientists have uncovered a history of violence hidden within lunar rocks, further evidence that our large, lovely Moon was born of a cataclysmic collision between worlds billions of years ago. Remove [...]

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Watch Jupiter Get Hit in the Original HD Video

September 11, 2012

Caught on webcam by amateur astronomer George Hall in Dallas, Texas, the impact on Jupiter that occurred yesterday at 6:35 a.m. CT can be clearly seen in the brief video above as a bright flash along the giant planet’s left side. According to Hall on his website the video was captured with a 12″ LX200GPS, 3x [...]

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Viewing Alert: Jupiter May Have Been Impacted by a Fireball

September 11, 2012

An apparent object impact captured about 6:35 am on Sept. 10, 2012 from Dallas, Texas USA. Credit: George Hall. UPDATE: Yes, there was an impact! An amateur astronomer in Dallas Texas, George Hall captured the impact flash in his webcam — click here to see his website and image – at about 6:30 am on [...]

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Rivers of Rock

June 24, 2012

The Moon may not have ever had liquid water on its surface — despite the use of the term mare, Latin for “sea” and moniker for the large regions of darker material visible from Earth — but liquid did indeed flow on the Moon in ages past… liquid rock, briefly set loose by the impacts [...]

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A New Look at Apollo Samples Supports Ancient Impact Theory

May 24, 2012

New investigations of lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions have revealed origins from beyond the Earth-Moon system, supporting a hypothesis of ancient cataclysmic bombardment for both worlds. Remove this ad

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