The distant asteroid behind gravity has been observed in more detail than before, and the near one shows a striking resemblance – which raises some interesting questions about the ancient origin of the object. (101429) 1998 The questionable asteroid known as VF31 is part of a group of Trojan asteroids …
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The abandoned Chinese rocket stage and Soviet-era satellite almost collided with Earth overnight. The collision would have wrecked new spaces and exacerbated our existing space junk problem. As we continue to launch more and more satellites, the likelihood of space junk affecting crude missions increases. If you haven’t heard before: …
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For the second time this year, experts can only glimpse and wait as two large .bases come close to a potentially colliding course in low-Earth orbit. An old, discarded Chinese rocket stage and a failed Russian military satellite are scheduled to pass within 12 meters (40 feet) of each other …
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Using the light of that orbiting star, astronomers have plunged into the atmosphere of an exoplanet 850 light-years away. Not just an exoplanet, but one of the hottest we’ve ever met – and at least seven metals are now known to float around its atmosphere as gas. Exoplanet is WASP-121B, …
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If you can zoom in and see the solar system from a distance, you’ll see that at least one thing in the picture is correct: the planets are more or less arranged in a flat plane, orbiting the sun around the equator. This is called an eclipse, and is thought …
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