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NASA reveals ‘incredible’ findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life on Earth | Science & Tech News
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NASA has revealed its “incredible” findings from a sample that was scooped up from the surface of an asteroid and delivered to Earth by spacecraft. The sample, ancient black dust and chunks, was collected from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away. It is the largest ever returned to Earth. NASA‘s Osiris-Rex…
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Osiris-Rex: NASA returns sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth | Science & Tech News
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A NASA capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid has returned to Earth. The capsule, which landed in the Utah desert at 3.52pm, contained around 250g of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu as part of NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission. Experts say the carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid serves as a time capsule from…
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Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for first time | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have detected a mysterious dark spot on Neptune from Earth for the first time. The large, dark area is within Neptune’s atmosphere and next to an unexpected, smaller bright spot, experts have said. Spots are common on giant planets – the most famous being Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – but experts say this is…
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Aeolus: Date set for European Space Agency satellite to fall to Earth in landmark re-entry attempt | Science & Tech News
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A satellite set to return to Earth via a first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry will splash down into the Atlantic Ocean next week. The European Space Agency (ESA) said the Aeolus craft will be brought back down from orbit in stages, with an operations centre in Germany to guide it on its way. It will begin on…
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Aeolus: Satellite the size of a small car set to plummet to Earth within weeks | Science & Tech News
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A defunct spacecraft the size of a small car is expected to plummet to Earth within weeks, according to the European Space Agency. The ESA says its 1.3-tonne Aeolus satellite is running out of fuel and is falling by about 0.6 miles (1km) a day. Although much of it will burn up in the atmosphere,…
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Earth moves closer to Anthropocene epoch as surface shows indelible impact of human activity | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are a step closer to officially declaring a new geological time period that marks the start of humanity’s irreversible impact on the planet. How to define the start of the Anthropocene epoch, which would need to be visible in layers of rock in millions of years’ time, has proved controversial. Although humans began to…
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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days in orbit | World News
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An experimental Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth after staying in orbit for 276 days, China’s state media has reported. The spacecraft completed a landmark mission to test the country’s reusable space technologies, the report added. State media said the uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China as scheduled. The spacecraft…
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Is this how Earth dies? Astronomers witness sun-like star devouring planet in possible preview of our home’s ultimate fate | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have seen the first evidence of a dying sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet in what could be a preview of Earth’s ultimate fate. The cataclysmic event, some 13,000 light years away, was observed using the Gemini South telescope in Chile. Such spectacles occur when stars similar to our sun near the end of their…
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How aliens with ‘right technology’ could hear us on Earth | World News
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Advanced aliens could hear humans on Earth despite being light years away, scientists have suggested – if extraterrestrial life exists, that is. Did you know that humans have been unintentionally transmitting signals into space for nearly a century? Experts think if there are intelligent aliens on nearby stars with advanced technology, they could detect life…
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NASA tracking new asteroid that has ‘very small chance of impacting Earth in 2046’ | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s scientists are tracking a newly discovered asteroid that has a chance of impacting Earth in 2046. It’s a “very small” chance, according to NASA’s Planetary Defence Coordination Office – about 1 in 600. The space agency’s orbit analysts are keeping a close eye on the asteroid, which is about the size of an Olympic…