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New insights into the Earth’s formation

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Although the Earth has long been studied in detail, some fundamental questions still have to be answered. One of them concerns the formation of...

NASA reveals Webb telescope’s first cosmic targets

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NASA said Friday the first cosmic images from the James Webb Space Telescope will include unprecedented views of distant galaxies, bright nebulae, and a...

Study provides new insights about the surface and structure of asteroid Bennu

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When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from asteroid Bennu's surface in 2020, forces measured during the interaction provided scientists with a direct test of...

Why does inside of solar system not spin faster? Old mystery has possible new solution

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The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to...

A giant black hole that spins slower than its peers

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Astronomers have made a record-breaking measurement of a black hole's spin, one of two fundamental properties of black holes. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows...

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

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A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon,...

NASA says its plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth is safe, but some people are worried

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Since September, the Perseverance rover has been picking along an ancient river delta on Mars, its robotic arms reaching out with whirling steel drill...

NASA explains the mission to bring samples of Mars soil, rock and atmosphere back to Earth

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NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission aims to bring 30 samples of rock, soil and atmosphere now being collected by the Perseverance rover back to...

New fossil galaxy discovery could answer important questions about the history of the universe

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A new fossil galaxy, which was uncovered via a systematic visual search of legacy survey images using the Mayall 4-meter telescope, led by Dr....

The case is building that colliding neutron stars create magnetars

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Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would weigh almost one billion...

Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites

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A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven U.S. Defense Department satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off the Southern California coast and...

Help NASA scientists find clouds on Mars

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NASA scientists hope to solve a fundamental mystery about Mars' atmosphere, and you can help. They've organized a project called Cloudspotting on Mars that...
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