A Japanese space probe Friday released a pair of exploring rovers towards an egg-shaped asteroid to collect mineral samples that may shed light on the origin of the solar system.
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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2018
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It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old.
Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2017
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A team of scientists has published the results of an investigative survey into the Sutter's Mill meteorite that landed in California in 2012.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2014
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Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA’s Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof of meteorite collisions ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012
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(AP) -- For the past decade, NASA's Mars exploration strategy was to follow the water.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2010
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On September 24 this year, a NASA capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious cache of material grabbed from an asteroid. The space agency has now revealed images and a preliminary analysis of the space rocks it ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2023
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Research published in The European Physical Journal Plus shows that it is possible to classify rocks according to the size of the particles they contain during quarrying, using a portable Raman spectrometer.
Earth Sciences
May 4, 2022
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If you have severe asthma, underlying pulmonary conditions or are immunocompromised, Hawaii's atmosphere may not be the place for you.
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Dec 3, 2020
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Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe made its second touchdown on a distant asteroid on Thursday, in a bid to collect mineral samples that could reveal more about the solar system's evolution.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2019
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