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Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids

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Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected...

Which planet has the most moons?

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This great big solar system has plenty of secrets to tell. Just recently, NASA's new James Webb Telescope dazzled us mere Earthlings with the...

Astronomers detect new eclipsing post-common-envelope binary

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Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a binary system known as TIC 60040774. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on...

Ever wanted to name a planet? Here’s how to name one found by the James Webb Telescope

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Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet discovered by the...

What part of a space rock survives all the way to the ground?

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When a small asteroid enters Earth's atmosphere from space, its surface is brutally heated, causing melting and fragmenting. Therefore, why the rocks near the...

NASA’s Fermi telescope confirms star wreck as source of extreme cosmic particles

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Astronomers have long sought the launch sites for some of the highest-energy protons in our galaxy. Now a study using 12 years of data...

Rocket launch to image supernova remnant

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A Northwestern University astrophysics team is aiming for the stars—well, a dead star, that is. On Aug. 21, the NASA-funded team will launch its "Micro-X"...

Meteorite provides record of asteroids ‘spitting out’ pebbles

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In 2019, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent back images of a geological phenomenon no one had ever seen before: pebbles were flying off the surface...

Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations: Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments

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A new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise: the top 300 meters of...

The future of NASA’s laser communications

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NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of data—pictures and videos—to increase...

Jupiter missions could also help search for dark matter

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In a recent study published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, two researchers from Brown University demonstrated how data from past missions to...

Meteors seem to be raining down on New Zealand, but why are some bright green?

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New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July...
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