#Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia

#Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia

“#Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia” TOKYO — A Japanese capsule carrying the world’s first asteroid subsurface samples shot across the night atmosphere early Sunday before landing in the remote Australian Outback, completing a mission to provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. The spacecraft Hayabusa2 released…

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#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

“#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid” Enlarge Image An Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is the Centaur upper stage of this 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A mysterious object…

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#Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses

#Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses

“#Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses” SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope’s 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet…

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#Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed

#Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed

“#Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed” MELBOURNE – A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way to new discoveries, the country’s national science agency said on Tuesday. The A$188 million ($138 million) radio telescope, dubbed…

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#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up

#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up

“#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up” An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed. Scientifically known as 99942 Apophis, the massive, 1,120-foot-wide space rock will fly within 23,441 miles above Earth’s surface on April 13, 2029, as well as in 2036. However,…

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