ASTRONOMY

Asteroid samples continue to shed light on solar system history

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Nearly two years after Japanese mission Hayabusa2 returned to Earth, samples from asteroid Ryugu continue to reveal valuable information about the history of the...

‘Unexpected’ space traveler defies theories about origin of solar system

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Researchers from Western have shown that a fireball that originated at the edge of the solar system was likely made of rock, not ice,...

NASA launches Lunar Flashlight; follow the mission in real time

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NASA's Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec....

Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover

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A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates'...

NASA’s Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon

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NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that...

NASA’s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith

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NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to...

NASA’s Orion lunar spacecraft heads home with splashdown set for Sunday

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NASA's Orion spacecraft is heading home after exiting the lunar sphere of influence. Orion completed the return powered flyby burn that put the spacecraft on...

How the ‘hell planet’ got so hot: New measurements reveal the orbital path of planet 55 Cnc e

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New research sheds light on how the "hell planet" got so devilishly hot and how other worlds might become too toasty for life. That...

Looking back from beyond the moon: How views from space have changed the way we see Earth

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A photograph taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet. The snap was taken during the Artemis I...

Trading spaces: How swapping stars create hot Jupiters

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Star clusters tend to host more hot Jupiters than average, but why? A team of astronomers have proposed a new solution, and it involves...

NASA spacecraft will soon enter Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 25,000 mph. What will happen next?

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Sunday at around 10:40 a.m. MT, NASA's Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after its several week-long journey to the moon...

Mars megatsunami may have been caused by Chicxulub-like asteroid impact

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A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact—which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian...
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