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NASA's Lucy asteroid mission will explore mysteries of the early of solar system

Although scientists have spotted thousands of so-called Trojan asteroids in these two swarms, no mission has ever seen one up close. That will change in 2027, ...

NASA's Lucy probe will visit 8 asteroids in 12 years. Here's how it will work.

Newsweek

Squeezing flybys of eight asteroids, most in a completely unexplored region of space, into just 12 years is a challenge, but that's exactly what NASA's newest mission will do to explore a category of space rock called the Trojans, which cluster ahead ...

First discovery of planet orbiting dead star provides glimpse into our solar system's future

Gravitational microlensing occurs when two stars at different distances from Earth temporarily align from our perspective. The gravity of the star in the ...

NASA's Lucy asteroid probe has a time capsule plaque with messages to future humans

Instead of hailing aliens, as previous NASA messages aimed to do, the Lucy plaque will serve as a reminder of the value of space exploration to humanity's own descendants. "This time capsule ...

NASA's Lucy mission is ready to launch and explore never-before-seen asteroids

(CNN) The first NASA mission to fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids is ready for launch. Weather conditions will be 90% favorable on the morning of ...

Giant planet found orbiting a dead star shows what may happen when our sun dies

This artist's illustration shows the night-side view of the exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains down from the sky. Hide Caption.

Meteorite crash-lands in woman's bed in Canada

A woman in Canada narrowly missed being struck by a meteorite that crashed through her roof and landed on her pillow. Ruth Hamilton, a resident of Golden, British Columbia, was asleep in her ...

Over a thousand cosmic explosions traced to mysterious repeating fast radio burst

Using China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, or FAST, researchers detected 1,652 bursts over the course of 47 days, between August 29 ...

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Venus never had oceans, study says

EarthSky

Venus itself formed 4.5 billion years ago along with the sun, Earth and the rest of our solar system. Like the young Earth, the young Venus was likely covered with magma, or molten rock. But before water could fall as rain, the planet and its atmosphere ...

A meteorite crashes through a home in Canada, barely missing a woman's head

NPR

NPR

The resident of Golden, British Columbia, woke up to the sound of a crash and her dog barking. "I've never been so scared in my life," Hamilton, 66, told ...