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Huge planetary collision discovered after ‘unusual event’ spotted by amateur astronomer | Science & Tech News
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An explosive collision between two icy giant planets has been discovered, after being spotted on a social media post by an amateur astronomer. A blaze of light and plumes of dust were created after the two exoplanets (planets that orbit a star outside the solar system) 1,800 light years away from Earth, crashed around a…
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Astronomers make rare Star Wars-style planetary discovery | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have made only the second ever discovery of a multi-planet system that orbits two stars. The planet BEBOP-1c was found by a team at the University of Birmingham. It is part of a multiplanetary circumbinary system, the catchy name given to a system that contains planets that orbit around two stars in the centre.…
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Planetary rover destined for missions on the Moon or Mars undergoes test in Milton Keynes | Science & Tech News
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A planetary rover that could end up being used to build habitats on the Moon or explore the surface of Mars has been put through its paces at a quarry in Milton Keynes. The Sample Fetch Rover (SFR), affectionately called Anon, was originally built to collect sample tubes left on Mars by another rover called…
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NASA smashes spacecraft into asteroid seven million miles from Earth in ‘planetary defence’ trial | Science & Tech News
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NASA has successfully smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid seven million miles from Earth. The last image from the “vending machine-sized” collider showed the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos seconds before impact. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the first-ever trial of a “planetary defence system”. If the orbit of an asteroid can be…