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Chile Observatory Captures Universe With 3,200-Megapixel Camera
Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed and whether an asteroid poses a threat to Earth.
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Groundbreaking Vera Rubin Observatory Reveals First Images Of Distant Galaxies
The team behind the long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions as well as distant galaxies.
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
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Asteroid Impact Reoriented Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede 4 Billion Years Ago
A colossal asteroid impact about 4 billion years ago dramatically altered Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. The asteroid, estimated to be 186 miles wide, struck Ganymede with such force that it reoriented the moon and removed a significant portion of its original surface. This impact not only created a massive crater but also affected Ganymede's in...
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International Asteroid Day: Asteroids Fly-By Earth In Serendipitous Celebration
The day, also supported by the United Nations, marks the anniversary of the largest observed asteroid strike in recorded history in 1908.
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Mountain-Size Asteroid To Make Close Approach To Earth On Thursday
This "potentially hazardous" object, comparable in size to a mountain, represents one of the largest space rocks to come this close to Earth in over a century.
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NASA Unable To Remove Remaining Asteroid Sample From Container, Working On New Ways
There are more samples to collect, however, the teams at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are now struggling to open the canister.
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NASA Launches Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche
NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.
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NASA To Reveal First Images Of Largest Asteroid Sample Collected In Space
NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will yield clues about the earliest days of our solar system and perhaps the origins of life itself.
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NASA Capsule With Largest Sample Ever From Asteroid Returns To Earth
The largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch.
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NASA Capsule With First Asteroid Sample Set For Touchdown In US Desert
A seven-year space voyage comes to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule lands in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.
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"Potentially Hazardous" Asteroid Discovered, Said To Be Largest In 8 Years
An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
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NASA's James Webb Telescope Damaged After Being Hit By Space Rock: Report
The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope by NASA, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has suffered massive damage from an asteroid strike in May.Â
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India Gets Its 1st Liquid Mirror Telescope, To Track Debris From Space
India has set up a liquid telescope, the country's first and the largest in Asia, atop a mountain at an altitude of 2450 metres in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand to keep a watch on the skies for transient objects like debris and asteroids falli
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NASA Says 2022's Largest Asteroid to Come Closest to Earth Soon
According to NASA, an asteroid named 7335 (1989 JA) is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. It’s the largest asteroid that will come close to Earth this year.
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Chile Observatory Captures Universe With 3,200-Megapixel Camera
Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed and whether an asteroid poses a threat to Earth.
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Groundbreaking Vera Rubin Observatory Reveals First Images Of Distant Galaxies
The team behind the long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions as well as distant galaxies.
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
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Asteroid Impact Reoriented Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede 4 Billion Years Ago
A colossal asteroid impact about 4 billion years ago dramatically altered Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. The asteroid, estimated to be 186 miles wide, struck Ganymede with such force that it reoriented the moon and removed a significant portion of its original surface. This impact not only created a massive crater but also affected Ganymede's in...
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International Asteroid Day: Asteroids Fly-By Earth In Serendipitous Celebration
The day, also supported by the United Nations, marks the anniversary of the largest observed asteroid strike in recorded history in 1908.
-
Mountain-Size Asteroid To Make Close Approach To Earth On Thursday
This "potentially hazardous" object, comparable in size to a mountain, represents one of the largest space rocks to come this close to Earth in over a century.
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NASA Unable To Remove Remaining Asteroid Sample From Container, Working On New Ways
There are more samples to collect, however, the teams at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are now struggling to open the canister.
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NASA Launches Mission To Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche
NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.
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NASA To Reveal First Images Of Largest Asteroid Sample Collected In Space
NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will yield clues about the earliest days of our solar system and perhaps the origins of life itself.
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NASA Capsule With Largest Sample Ever From Asteroid Returns To Earth
The largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch.
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NASA Capsule With First Asteroid Sample Set For Touchdown In US Desert
A seven-year space voyage comes to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule lands in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.
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"Potentially Hazardous" Asteroid Discovered, Said To Be Largest In 8 Years
An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
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NASA's James Webb Telescope Damaged After Being Hit By Space Rock: Report
The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope by NASA, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has suffered massive damage from an asteroid strike in May.Â
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India Gets Its 1st Liquid Mirror Telescope, To Track Debris From Space
India has set up a liquid telescope, the country's first and the largest in Asia, atop a mountain at an altitude of 2450 metres in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand to keep a watch on the skies for transient objects like debris and asteroids falli
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NASA Says 2022's Largest Asteroid to Come Closest to Earth Soon
According to NASA, an asteroid named 7335 (1989 JA) is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. It’s the largest asteroid that will come close to Earth this year.
