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Earth Says Goodbye to 'Mini Moon'
For the past two months, an asteroid named 2024 PT5 has been circling Earth like a
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Images reveal how Starship will take astronauts to the Moon
SpaceX and NASA released a series of simulated images of how the Starship launch system would land astronauts of the Artemis program on the lunar surface.
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How many moons does Jupiter have?
Jupiter, the giant planet in the Solar System, is notable for its incredibly rich and diverse moon system.
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Could a planet so close to Earth be full of swimming fish?
One of NASA's spacecraft may have flown past a planet-moon system teeming with life without knowing it.
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Perseverance rover captures solar eclipse on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars witnessed a solar eclipse
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Trump's victory brings Elon Musk closer to his Mars dream
Elon Musk's dream of sending humans to Mars will become a bigger priority under US President-elect Donald Trump, revealing a major change to NASA's Moon program.
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China sends 'Moon bricks' into space
On November 15, China launched the Tianzhou-8 cargo ship to deliver equipment to the Tiangong space station.
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Life could exist on Jupiter's moon
Io is one of the hottest bodies in the solar system, with hundreds of craters and electromagnetic activity. However, some studies suggest that alien microorganisms may e…
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Chinese spacecraft brings back to Earth priceless rock
Among the 108 samples brought back to Earth by the Chang'e 6 spacecraft, there was one piece of rock that was completely different.
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The second moon is about to leave Earth
A mini-moon the size of a bus is orbiting Earth in its final days and won't reappear until 2055.
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India and its plan to build a space station orbiting the Moon
The construction of the lunar space station appears to be the third and final phase of India's lunar exploration campaign.
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Meteor showers and interesting astronomical phenomena taking place in November you should not miss
November will have many interesting astronomical phenomena worth admiring, including a new moon, a supermoon, two brilliant meteor showers, and a direct Uranus conjuncti…
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Predictions that came true and shocked history
Human history is full of strangeness and surprises. There have been many prophecies made in the past that have come true.
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The biggest collision on the Moon was more than 4 billion years ago
Scientists at the University of Manchester date the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon to between 4.32 and 4.33 billion years ago.
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China on track to surpass US in race to return humans to the Moon
Plans to land humans on the Moon with the Artemis III mission have been delayed while China's rival program is progressing rapidly without any significant setbacks or de…