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Colliding Moons Might Have Created Saturn’s Rings

Colliding Moons Might Have Created Saturn’s Rings

[ad_1] If we could wind the clock back billions of years, we’d see our Solar System the way it used to be. Planetesimals and other rocky bodies were constantly colliding with each other, and new objects would coalesce out of the debris. Asteroids rained down on the...

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Material matters

Material matters

[ad_1] The Biofilms study continues its cosmic quest to combat bacterial contamination. With three experiments aboard the International Space Station, it's on a mission to improve antimicrobial technology, benefitting astronauts and people on Earth alike. [ad_2]...

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NASA Opens the Lid on OSIRIS-REx’s Sample Capsule

NASA Opens the Lid on OSIRIS-REx’s Sample Capsule

[ad_1] On Sunday, September 23rd, the Sample Retrieval Capsule (SRC) from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed in the Utah desert. Shortly thereafter, recovery teams arrived in helicopters, inspected and secured the samples, and flew them to the Utah Test and Training...

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ESA – Hera takes wing

ESA – Hera takes wing

[ad_1] ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence seen with one of its two solar wings added, during its continuing test campaign at the ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands.Watch the solar wing being deployed in this video clip. The van-sized spacecraft, left,...

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Solar eclipse glossary

Solar eclipse glossary

[ad_1] Back to Article List Sound like an expert with this vocab for the next eclipse. The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will be visible across much of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, with plenty of great locations in the path of totality. Make sure you’re prepared...

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