Asteroids, Exomoons, and a Crash on the Moon

The video discusses the significance of studying small celestial bodies like asteroids and moons for understanding the universe. It highlights NASA's Osiris Rex mission to sample asteroid Benu, aiming to uncover the solar system's origins and potential resources for future space travel. The video also covers the possible discovery of an exomoon using gravitational lensing and the conclusion of NASA's Laddy mission, which provided insights into the lunar atmosphere and solved a mystery from the Apollo era.

How do astronomers plan to improve their observations of exomoons in the future?

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What was the purpose of NASA's Laddy mission, and what did it discover?

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