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A new study suggests that intense asteroid bombardment during the Hadean eon kept Earth's early crust hot and thin, enabling the formation of the first continental crust. Geologist Tim Johnson argues that impacts from space, not just internal heat, explain the missing 500 million years of geological record.

NASA is considering sending a backup nuclear-powered Mars rover, Promise, to the Moon instead, repurposing existing hardware to advance lunar exploration before China's potential landing.

Elon Musk calls for building a major base on the Moon, quoting NASA's live updates on the NASAMoonBase lunar habitat project.

A POV tweet from NASA Artemis describes the Orion spacecraft's crew module separating from the service module before reentering Earth's atmosphere at the end of Artemis II.