[ad_1] It may be an asteroid. It could be a comet. Perhaps it is … something else. But ever since humanity spotted its first interstellar visitor last year, Oumuamua — the elongated …
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[ad_1] All oppositions are not equal. This week's celestial target is a good example, as the asteroid 3 Juno reaches its most favorable viewing position of the decade. Juno in 2018 Juno …
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[ad_1] The arrival of a strange cigar-shaped asteroid shocked the world, as it was the first object to visit our solar system after crossing an interstellar space. At present, a controversial academic …
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[ad_1] NASA's Dawn mission, aimed at studying the largest bodies of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has come to an end. After 11 years in space and a journey of …
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[ad_1] Artist concept of Dawn spacecraft with an ion engine. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA's Dawn spacecraft ran out of fuel on Wednesday and stopped transmitting to Earth, ending an eleven-year mission …
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[ad_1] Twenty days after the asteroid 2018 LA crashed in Botswana, the first meteorite from the tiny space rock was recovered from the Kalahari Central Reserve On June 2, a tiny asteroid …
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[ad_1] This small meteorite comes from the asteroid 2018 LA. Peter Jennisken The 2018 LA asteroid was snuck onto our planet and shattered in the Earth 's atmosphere on June 2nd. The …
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