Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
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Space pictures! See our space image of the day
A comet that is visible during the daytime is ... Friday, January 10, 2025: The BepiColombo spacecraft has made its sixth and final flyby of the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, capturing ...
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Space calendar 2025: Here are the moments you won't want to miss
The spacecraft makes its sixth and final flyby on Jan. 8 before returning to ... The shower is the first of two each year created by Halley's Comet debris. The celestial event will be active ...
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Space and Astronomy
Much of the understanding of the seventh planet comes from a brief flyby nearly 40 years ago ... This event is linked to Halley’s comet, and occurs as another comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, remains ...
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while landing near Moon’s south pole
Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine what went wrong.
Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Incredibly rare astronomical events you can see in your lifetime – including ‘meteor storm’ and extra-long solar eclipse
SOME astronomical events we see often, like shooting stars, but these are only a fraction of the dazzling celestial wonders occurring over the vast expanse of time. However, there are still four ...
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Space pictures! See our space image of the day
Thursday, February 27, 2025: Intuitive Machines is once again shooting for the moon. The company sent its second lunar lander towards the moon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, Feb. 26 ...
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ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
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