Ivan Polychko

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In 2009, NASA intentionally crashed a probe and a rocket’s upper stage into the Moon as part of the LCROSS mission, which confirmed the presence of water ice near the lunar south pole. (via @exploreplanets )

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Hidden Mountain Expansion is now live. Wanderers, enter the mountain now!

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More than 20 asteroids, dwarf planets, and Kuiper belt objects have been visited by spacecraft, starting in 1991 when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew past the asteroid 951 Gaspra. Since then, encounters have ranged from high-speed flybys to dedicated sample return missions.

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The Jianghu is calling👀

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Where Winds Meet is Now Live on XBOX - Win an Exclusive Custom Controller!

To celebrate Where Winds Meet launching on XBOX, we're giving away 10 exclusive Where Winds Meet × XBOX custom controllers!

Repost and comment on this post for a chance to win. Good luck, Wanderers!

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Our home planet sure is photogenic. According to NASA, the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station have taken more than 3.5 million photographs of Earth from orbit. (via @exploreplanets )

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The rays extending from Tycho crater, one of the most visible craters on the Moon, are longer than those around Mercury’s Hokusai crater. They span more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), over 40% of the Moon’s diameter. (via @exploreplanets )

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A planet's gravity and motion can speed up or slow down a spacecraft. Swinging behind a moving planet transfers some of its orbital momentum to you, speeding you up. Swinging in front lets its gravity pull you backward, slowing you down. Free energy from orbital mechanics!

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The Lac de Charmes area on Mars is very scientifically promising because of its diversity of rock types. This includes megabreccia, huge chunks of rock (some the size of skyscrapers) ejected by a massive meteorite impact about 3.9 billion years ago. (via @exploreplanets )

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Most of the gas in a galaxy never becomes a star. As soon as massive young stars ignite, they begin to blast their birth clouds apart. This process helps shape galaxies on some of the largest scales. (via @exploreplanets)

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Even from light-years away, Earth’s most fascinating quality — life — would be detectable. Our oxygen-rich atmosphere is a strong biosignature because free oxygen is highly reactive and disappears unless it is replenished — in our case, almost entirely by plant life.

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The Artemis II lunar flyby yielded some unique science opportunities. The crew identified new impact craters and documented six meteorite strikes on the lunar surface in real time. They also witnessed an extraordinary solar eclipse that the crew described as… well, indescribable

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Congratulations to @NASA, @CSA_ASC and @ESA on the successful Artemis II crewed flight around the Moon - another giant leap for humankind’s journey into the starfield.

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