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NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists opportunity to study an artificial meteor
The Raw Story· 21 hours agoEarth is constantly bombarded by fragments of rock and ice, also known as meteoroids, from outer...
Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoNearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star...
SpaceX soars through new milestones in test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built
CNN.com· 5 days agoSpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built launched Thursday and achieved key...
New contest lets you name Earth's 1st 'quasi-moon' for free. Here's how to enter.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny...
Watch a meteor’s incredible light show above Spain and Portugal
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA meteor clocking in at 100,000 mph blazed across Spain and Portugal over the weekend, creating a...
Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission
SpaceNews· 7 days agoNASA will extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope by switching to a mode where the spacecraft...
Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and...
Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel
Space via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoIndeed, it is believed that Earth was assembled mostly from carbonaceous objects. Carbon is also a...
Shining light on the sun in the summer sky
The Republican· 5 days agoMost of the rest belongs to Jupiter, so the sun in the center barely registers the gravitational tug of the other planets, moons,asteroids, comets and...
The Moon is a prime spot for astronomy. It might not always be.
Astronomy Magazine· 7 days agoWith all the excitement surrounding the prospect of humans returning to the Moon, both commercial...