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A rocket crashed into the moon. The accidental experiment will shed light on impact physics in space. On March 4, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into the surface of the moon at nearly 6,000 mph. All moons and planets are constantly under barrage from asteroids and comets. (Image credit: NASA via WikimediaCommons).
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Moon mission practice: NASA continues gearing up for Artemis 1 'wet dress rehearsal' Artemis 1 will use a giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to send an Orion capsule on an uncrewed trip around the moon. It will be the first-ever flight for the SLS and the second for Orion, which aced an uncrewed trip to Earth orbit in 2014.
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This lopsided galaxy has one seriously pumped-up arm (photo) A galaxy's overdeveloped spiral arm dominates the foreground of a stunning new image from the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii. The image captures a lopsided spiral galaxy known as NGC 772, which lies over 100 million light-years from Earth in the ...
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NASA to delay Mars Sample Return, switch to dual-lander approach WASHINGTON — NASA plans to delay the next phase of its Mars Sample Return campaign and split a lander mission into two separate spacecraft to reduce the overall risk of the program. At a March 21 meeting of the National Academies' Space Studies Board, ...
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WATCH: NASA Finalizes Plans for Its Next Cosmic Mapmaker SPHEREx Mission ABOVE VIDEO: Exploring Cosmic Origins with NASA's SPHEREx. (NASA) – NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission will be able to scan the entire sky every six months and create a map of the cosmos unlike any before. Scheduled to launch no later than April 2025, ...
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Standard method to evaluate emerging flat lens technologies Perhaps you are wearing glasses while reading this or have a cell phone, binoculars, a virtual reality headset or telescope. All of them rely on high-quality lenses, which are bulky, expensive and heavy—especially when considering drones and satellites ...
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First exoplanet targets recommended for Webb observation On March 21, NASA announced the milestone of 5,005 confirmed exoplanets. One of JWST's major tasks will be studying the atmospheres of exoplanets to look for signs of life. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recommended ...
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Russia's exit from European Space Agency Mars mission gives NASA an opportunity The European Space Agency (ESA) recently suspended work with Russia on its upcoming ExoMars mission, according to Space News. Not only has politics provided yet another delay for the mission to put a European rover on Mars but the decision is another ...
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Ejection nebula of supernova Cassiopeia A does not expand evenly This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspect that the remains have collided with something. Their finding have been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.
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here are astronomers' 8 favorites We now know of 5,005 exoplanets — here are astronomers' 8 favorites · 8. Kepler-1649c · 7. K2-138 · 6. Proxima Centauri b.
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