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Did the Moon’s Ancient Magnetic Field Help Shield the Infant Earth?

Did the Moon’s Ancient Magnetic Field Help Shield the Infant Earth?

by Jamie Wilson | Dec 21, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

A team of scientists led by Dr. James Green at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, DC, have shown that the Earth and Moon may once have shared a protective magnetic shield that sheltered the young Earth’s atmosphere from erosion by the solar wind.

#BlackInAstro: A Glimpse Into African Cultural Astronomy

#BlackInAstro: A Glimpse Into African Cultural Astronomy

by Briley Lewis | Aug 28, 2020 | Current Events, Daily Paper Summaries

Humans have been looking up for our entire history – today, let’s take a look at the women of indigenous African communities and their relationship to the night sky!

Rocks Go Wild: How to Make a Solar System

Rocks Go Wild: How to Make a Solar System

by Jenny Calahan | May 29, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

How do you form Mercury, Venus, Earth AND Mars? The answer may surprise you! (or not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

BEYOND: Space Missions To Look Forward To In the 2020s

BEYOND: Space Missions To Look Forward To In the 2020s

by Bryanne McDonough | Dec 27, 2019 | Current Events, Guides

A brief summary of some of the major space missions that are planning to launch in the 2020s.

A Proposed Moon Formation Theory: The Multiple-Impact Hypothesis

A Proposed Moon Formation Theory: The Multiple-Impact Hypothesis

by Guest | Aug 12, 2019 | Course Assignments, Daily Paper Summaries

Could the Moon have formed from multiple impacts? Find out in today’s guest post by Jacob Azoulay.

A Lunar Time Machine: Secrets to our Sun’s Active Past

A Lunar Time Machine: Secrets to our Sun’s Active Past

by Ellis Avallone | Jul 8, 2019 | Daily Paper Summaries

Could the surface of Earth’s only natural satellite hold the key to understanding early activity of our own star? Today’s paper investigates the Moon’s composition to find out more.

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