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New research to date ice on the Moon

A team of researchers at Brown University, supported by NASA, has conducted a new study to date the ice deposits in lunar craters. The first stage in the research to establish the age of the ice was to date the craters, using data collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting around the Moon since 2009. Establishing the age of lunar ice deposits is important not only from a scientific point of view but also in function of future lunar explorations, which could use this ice. Furthermore, the age of the deposits could provide information on the origin of the ice, information that, in turn, could help researchers to understand the sources and the distribution of water in the Solar System. Results show that most of the ice deposits detected is located inside large craters formed around 3 billion years ago: the ice therefore cannot be any older. Additionally, the irregular distribution of the ice in the craters would seem to indicate that it has been battered by micrometeorites and other debris for long periods of time, and that therefore it is ancient. The research team has also detected traces of ice in smaller, apparently more recent craters. This ice may have a source different from that of the ancient ice, which very probably originates from comets and asteroids or from the volcanic activity of the Moon. To obtain more certain and clearer information, it will be necessary to send spacecraft onto the surface of the Moon. This cannot be done until the launch of NASA’s Artemis program, scheduled for 2024, which besides putting the first woman and the next man on the Moon, also plans missions with robot spacecraft, which will supply data that will help the researchers to understand more.
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E-learning

To inform younger students about Energy and Environment, Science, Chemistry, English culture and English language, with accompanying images, interviews and videos.

E-learning

To inform younger students about Energy and Environment, Science, Chemistry, English culture and English language, with accompanying images, interviews and videos.

Clilinaction

CLIL will no longer be a secret with"clil in action"! Watch the lessons on physics, biology, earth science and chemistry, in CLIL mode, the result of the synergy of Eniscuola with the students and teachers of Italian schools.

Clilinaction

Smartenglish

Improve your English with Smartenglish! An online course, be used alone or in class, to complement the curriculum or to recover debits. An aid for students, a monitoring tool for teachers.

Smartenglish

Scienze in classe

Studying physics, biology, earth science and chemistry has never been so stimulating! Supplement the classroom lessons with those that Eniscuola has created for you with the teachers and students of Italian schools.

Scienze in classe
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International projects

Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.

International projects

Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.

Lab 4 energy

A virtual thematic classroom, high school students linked from various parts of the world for 15 courses on the world of energy, organised by faculty of MIT in Boston and world-renowned experts.

Lab 4 energy

Necst

We are a partner of the NECST project , the European Union programme that connects schools in Croatia, Holland, Norway and Italy in the creation of a digital platform for research and exchange of knowledge on energy production.

Necst

Schoolnet

A storyboard full of texts and drawings to narrate one's country in an original manner: letting loose the imagination of children around the world in the 2014 edition. And for the winners, production of animated short films!

Schoolnet

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Themes dealt with in space

Solar System

Today we are at a very privileged time in the exploration of our planetary system. The big space missions of…

Stars

Fascinating and gigantic balls of incandescent gas suspended in an empty space, that shine with their own light. We all…

Universe

Do you want a galaxy, ready to be served? Here is the recipe you need: Take at least 100 billion…

Space exploration

In 2007 there were the celebrations for the fiftieth anniversary of the launching of the first artificial satellite, the Sputnik;…

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