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Heads Up, Citizen Scientists: The Moon Needs You!

• NPR

We're seeing the most detailed images of the moon's surface ever captured from afar — thanks to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The space probe carries a super-powerful camera, which photographs every bit of the moon's surface for scientists to examine.

Only one problem: The LRO is doing such a good job that the scientists can't keep up.

 

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