The first “space hurricane” was seen in a vortex above the earth, scientists said. According to a study in the journal Nature Communications, a 600-mile-wide mass of plasma formed hundreds of miles above the North Pole. Mike Woodwood, a space scientist at the University of Reading and co-author of the …
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It is difficult to land on Mars. So you want to see tomorrow when perseverance (formerly called Mars 2020) becomes the first artificial landing object to land on the red planet after the Insight Mars lander in 2018. Due to the land in the Jezero Crater north of the equator …
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Earth’s second moon will approach Earth before going into space next week, never to be seen again. “Which other moon,” you ask? Astronomers call it 2020 SO – a small object that orbited Earth between our planet and the Moon in September 2020. Temporary satellites like these are known as …
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Look bigger. | The main phase of the 1st flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen at the B-2 test stand during a hot fire test on January 16, 2021 at NASA’s Stanislaus Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Image by NASA. The planned eight-minute test firing …
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China’s space probe Tianwen-1 will enter Mars orbit next month after traveling more than 400 million kilometers since its launch on July 23 last year. According to the China National Space Administration, the probe has been in space for 163 days and is currently 8.3m away from Mars. This flight …
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