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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Any species that reaches the stars is drawn at its fingertips. Probably more than once. A NASA post on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website is an iconic reminder of the tragedy that occurred in our spacefaring history. “After being tracked by radar and chased by a helicopter, the …
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According to a recent dispatch from NASA, the space agency has an “exciting new discovery about the moon” on Monday, October 26th. Surprisingly, the new results are courtesy of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). It is the largest airborne observatory in the world, and it is actually a …
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The moon is both amazingly close to Earth and cosmicly far away: after the end of the space race, it is extraordinarily expensive and really hard to get there. The journey got a little easier, however, thanks to the newly published NASA discovery. The agency’s patent does not cover a …
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If you missed the infamous international fiasco that was the Fyre Festival in 2017, now is your chance to grab commemorative loot, from the US government. The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning off festival merchandise seized from founder Billy McFarland in an effort to return his victims. The 126 items …
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