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What does space smell like? This perfume-making astrobiologist is trying to find out
Marina Barcenilla was studying the chemical makeup of interstellar bodies when she realized she could marry her two passions ...
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Sampling a 'quasi-moon': What's next for China's newly launched Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission
The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...
China’s Tianwen-2 lifts off on mission to bring asteroid samples back to Earth
Plan is for spacecraft to first visit 2016 HO3, which could be a fragment of the moon, then start a seven-year journey to comet 311P China has launched an ambitious mission to bring asteroid samples ...
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China’s Tianwen-2 Embarks on a Daring Quest to Unravel the Origins of Earth’s Quasi-Satellite and the Mysteries of Active Asteroids
It’s like trying to dock a boat with a mountain floating in space and tumbling really unpredictably and with almost no ...
Dozens of NASA space missions could be axed under Trump's budget: Here's a look at 6
Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.
Trump looks to axe many NASA space missions that launched from Florida: Here's a look at 6
Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump ...
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First Chinese mission to sample an asteroid starts its journey
China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before ...
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Should Scientists Inject Saturn’s Moon Enceladus With Life?
A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...
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Saturn’s moon Titan has a mysterious atmospheric tilt
Saturn's moon Titan has an atmosphere that spins with a tilt completely separate from the moon's surface rotation.
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Don't miss the crescent moon shining close to Mars on May 31
As the bright star Regulus and the Beehive Cluster shine close by. The moon will appear to skip over Mars between the nights ...
Space power satellites at the moon could keep a lunar base warm
Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ...
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