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...determine whether a new crown made for King Hiero II was solid gold. There was a catch though: he had to do it without breaking the crown in the process. When taking a bath one day, he noticed the water level rose as he got in. It occurred to him by submerging the crown in water, it would displace a measurement of water equal to its own volume. This in turn would allow...

...determine the dimensions of any mineral or feature in the Moon rock sample. [Measuring tool 2] When the measure box is ticked, click at one end of the mineral or feature to be measured and drag to the alternate end. Please note, when the measure box is ticked the pan and zoom features are disabled. To deactivate the measure tool, click on the measure box again. Moon rocks...

...determine the composition of the land masses – are they derived from basalt, the most common rock type in the solar system, or are they frozen ice and mud? Does Titan have a rocky core overlain directly by an icy mantle, or does it have an ocean below the surface? If so, is it made up of water? This all matters because what we have learnt about Titan from Cassini and...

...determination to persevere through all the harder moments. A common theme among the scientists was that learning new things along the way was one of the most amazing and rewarding parts about their career in science. Besides being able to find original data, or a new way to collect their data and the privilege of doing that, the constant development in their own...

...determination. The Apollo missions collected and returned approximately 380 kg of lunar rocks to Earth [1] where they are curated by NASA and allocated to approved scientific research projects. Over the past 50 years, the Apollo lunar samples have been studied in laboratories around the world using modern analytical techniques. From these studies, it emerged that lunar...