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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway — and what they could teach us

Working with colleagues in France and Australia, the meteor-watchers worked out the fireball's trajectory and determined where the meteorite pieces could be located, just north of Cheltenham in the UK. Based on their calculations, ...

China's Long March 7A rocket successful on second flight

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

The Long March 7A rocket took off from the Wenchang launch base on Hainan Island in southern China at 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT) Thursday, or 1:51 a.m. Beijing time Friday, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., or CASC, the ...

Scorching-hot planet candidate spotted around famous star Vega

The candidate alien planet, which still needs to be confirmed by follow-up observations or analyses, is roughly the size of Neptune and lies very close to Vega. It takes only 2.5 Earth days for the purported planet to make a single orbit around its sun.

Trump's Moon program survived a transfer of power, so what's next?

The Verge

The Verge

President Biden has been silent on his plans for NASA but excited about the agency's recent successes — here, he virtually congratulates the team that landed NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars last month.

International Space Station images trace bird migrations

After more than four years, astronauts now have captured images of key locations along the migratory paths of all seven species. The Roberta Bondar Foundation sponsors AMASS in collaboration with NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

This planet morphed from one type to another — and formed a second atmosphere

CNN

CNN

This planet morphed from one type to another — and formed a second atmosphere. By Ashley Strickland, CNN. Updated 6:33 AM ET, Fri March 12, 2021. An illustration shows what the orbit of exoplanet HR 5183 b would look like if it. Photos: Weird and ...

Hubble Space Telescope is back online after software glitch

Science operations resumed late Thursday (March 11). While Hubble is partially back to work, NASA is still troubleshooting one instrument on the 30-year-old telescope, according to a statement released on Friday (Mar. 12).

NASA targets March 18 for a critical engine test of its Space Launch System moon rocket

NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket will fire up its main engines in a critical test next week to prove it's ready for a trip to the moon later this year. The engine test, the final hurdle of NASA's extensive "green run" for the Space Launch System (SLS) ...

Controlled by light alone, new smart materials twist, bend and move

The design combines programmable photonic crystals with an elastomeric composite that can be engineered at the macro and nano scale to respond to illumination. The research provides new avenues for the development of smart ...

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Traces of ancient magma ocean found in Greenland

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Rocks collected in Greenland may hold traces of an ancient magma ocean that bubbled over much of Earth's surface soon after the planet's birth, a new study finds. Scientists gathered the rocks from the Isua supracrustal belt, a region in southwest Greenland ...