Hypersonic Reentry: How OSIRIS-REx Transformed Space Science
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned asteroid samples, enabling a vast observation campaign that provided new insights into ...
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Asteroid Fragment Reveals Signs of Life, But It's Not What You Think
We've known for a while that complex chemistry occurs in space. Organic molecules have been detected in cold molecular clouds, and we have even found sugars and amino acids, the so-called 'building ...
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Car-Size Asteroid 2024 CY1 Zips By Closer Than The Moon In Orbit Animation
Asteroid 2024 CY1 flew about 75,500 miles (121,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock is about 16 feet (8 m) wide. Credit: Space.com | orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
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Scientists Discovered Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Was Teeming With Microbes, But Where Did They Come From?
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...
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Voyager and Me: A Journey Beyond Time
IP Rangga has over 15 years of experience in communications and journalism, producing content for various audiences in ...
Maryborough Meteorite: Rare space rock found in Australia by metal detectorist who thought it was gold
In 2015, David Hole discovered a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite in Maryborough, Australia. Initially mistaking it for a gold ...
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December 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches its best Northern Hemisphere opposition in a decade
Jupiter reaches a stunning opposition, Mars is brilliant, Saturn and Venus light the evening sky, and Mercury rises before ...