NASA has used advanced imaging techniques to peer inside samples of asteroid Bennu, discovering extensive networks of cracks running throughout the rock particles.
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A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil.
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The dust storm created travel complications and other issues for Texans.
Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036, continuing the Soviet Union’s legacy of exploring there in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.
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The impetus for establishing a “Lunar Surface Moon Base” is that America is in a space race with China.
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how planets and icy bodies form around other stars.
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Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter’s moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.
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A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.
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A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for China’s first crewed moon landing mission, which the nation wants to achieve by 2030.
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