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Strange Features on the Far Side of the Moon: A Closer Look at Paracelsus C

More than fifty years ago, Apollo 15 photographed something unusual on the far side of the Moon. In a panoramic photograph taken from lunar orbit, two bright, sharply defined objects stood out from the otherwise subdued landscape on the floor of a crater called Paracelsus C. Today we can take a much closer look.

Using the Earth & Space Reports Video Series as an Educational Resource for Teachers and their Students

Each episode consists of an online presentation by a research scientist, educator, or communicator on some topic in the Earth & space sciences.

Contest Prize Winner: Fast Radio Bursts: A Decades Long Puzzle

Abigail Serrano – Andover High School, MA, USA The First Burst When the first fast radio burst, or FRB, was found in 2007 by D.R. Lorimer...

Contest Prize Winner: The Potential of Time Travel Lies in Space

Monica Tavarez Frias -- Saint Patrick School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Introduction What if the key to time travel isn’t hidden within the depths of...

Contest Prize Winner: Artificial Intelligences and Machines (AIs/AMs)as Catalysts for First Contact with Alien Societies

Martina Guja Zagonel – Liceo Scientifico Bonaventura Cavalieri, Verbania, Italy Introduction With recent advancements and ongoing progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI), it's conceivable that in the...

Contest Prize Winner: Interlinked: The Mystery of Quantum Entanglement

Sebastian Sousa -- St. Patrick’s School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Introduction Have you ever experienced an eerie coincidence? Thinking of someone just as they call...

Contest Prize Winner: The Solar System from the Perspective of Space Probes

Milena Niemczyk -- 1st Nicolaus Copernicus Secondary School, Bielsko-Biata, Poland Introduction Our eyes have always been directed towards the night sky. The inventions of the telescope and...

Contest Prize Winner: Should We Send Robots or Humans into Space?

Marcus Mount -- Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA, USA When we think about it, space exploration is arguably humanity’s most exciting and monumental work. We...

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Exploring Galactic Ecosystems (II) – New Insights from Radio Surveys

Galactic ecosystems encompass the varied complexes of inter-relating stellar, nebular, and other matter that are actively forming new stars.  These include molecular clouds, cloud cores, protostellar and protoplanetary systems, HII regions and starbursts.

Exploring Galactic Ecosystems (I) – An Introduction to the Nebular Birth Sites of Stars, Planets, and Life 

It is not hyperbole to state that galactic ecosystems have spawned pretty much everything that we hold dear – including ourselves.  These nebular nurseries have incubated all the stars, planetary systems, and many of the complex molecules known to humanity.

Strange Features on the Far Side of the Moon: A Closer Look at Paracelsus C

More than fifty years ago, Apollo 15 photographed something unusual on the far side of the Moon. In a panoramic photograph taken from lunar orbit, two bright, sharply defined objects stood out from the otherwise subdued landscape on the floor of a crater called Paracelsus C. Today we can take a much closer look.

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