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[ad_1] Astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Center have advanced the theory that the Oumuamua asteroid could be "an artificially-derived light-haze." The astronomers have just published a new study in which they …
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Read More »Airbus Provides Central Station to NASA's Orion Spacecraft
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Read More »Harvard scientists suggest a strange interstellar object Oumuamua could be an alien solar sail
[ad_1] On October 19, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of an interstellar asteroid, dubbed 1I / 2017 U1 (AKA & # …
Read More »Towards the Moon and Beyond: Airbus Provides Central to NASA's Orion Spacecraft
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Airbus (AIR.PA) Friday delivered the "power station" of NASA's new Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts to the moon and beyond in the years to come, …
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