the moon
noun
variants
or the Moon
: the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun
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Recently, for example, NASA’s Orion spacecraft carried the Artemis II Optical Communications System around the moon along with the crew, which used laser communication to send over 100 gigabytes of data back to Earth.
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Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
Another photo taken from the moon’s surface appears to show a grouping of three small dots in the sky, with a transcript of communications between Apollo 17 operators revealing an exchange over the unknown objects.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
But the moon’s geological makeup gives moonquakes a surprising persistence compared with earthquakes; the tremors can last for several hours.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Eta Space was selected under NASA's Tipping Point initiative, which chose 14 companies to develop a variety of technologies to support the Artemis program's goal of sustained operations on the surface of the moon by 2030.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 19 May 2026
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Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
Another photo taken from the moon’s surface appears to show a grouping of three small dots in the sky, with a transcript of communications between Apollo 17 operators revealing an exchange over the unknown objects.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
But the moon’s geological makeup gives moonquakes a surprising persistence compared with earthquakes; the tremors can last for several hours.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Eta Space was selected under NASA's Tipping Point initiative, which chose 14 companies to develop a variety of technologies to support the Artemis program's goal of sustained operations on the surface of the moon by 2030.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 19 May 2026
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“The moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moon. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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