On 5 December 2020 one of the best packages this holiday season came in a small package, parachuted into the Australian Australian Desert from within our solar system. Inside, astronomers were pleased to find the first significant specimens of a rocky asteroid, currently 9 million kilometers (5.6 million miles) away, …
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In Wummera, a dusty desert town in South Australia, scientists are getting ready. On December 6, 2020, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Haibusa 2 spacecraft will finally return to Earth. It carries with it a surprisingly rare, precious and hard-won cargo – the planet collects …
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In Wummera, a dusty desert town in South Australia, scientists are getting ready. On December 6, 2020, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Haibusa 2 spacecraft will finally return to Earth. It carries with it a surprisingly rare, precious and hard-won cargo – the planet collects …
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