{"id":1203533,"date":"2023-11-16T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203533"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:00:54","slug":"daily-telescope-imaging-a-nearly-4-billion-year-old-region-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203533","title":{"rendered":"Daily Telescope: Imaging a nearly 4-billion-year-old region on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Mare Imbrium and its vicinity. (credit: Katie’s Observing Log)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Welcome to the Daily Telescope<\/a>. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Good morning. It’s November 16, and today we’re looking very close to home, at our nearest celestial neighbor.<\/p>\n

This strip of the Moon showcases the vast Mare Imbrium lava plain\u2014it’s the large semi-circle that dominates much of the photo. Astronomers and planetary scientists believe<\/a> this feature formed when a proto-planet struck the Moon about 3.9 billion years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – Daily Telescope: Imaging a nearly 4-billion-year-old region on the Moon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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