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Why asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire is worth £8,000,000,000,000,000,000
This comes after Nicola Fox of NASA's science mission directorate said: "Psyche is by far the largest [asteroid], and that's ...
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NASA's space-based quantum sensor to detect tiniest tremors in Earth's gravity
QGGPf is a gradiometer, an instrument that measures variations in Earth's gravity by comparing the acceleration at which two ...
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The Moon’s Far Side Is Strangely Dry—Lunar Samples Suggest It’s Much More Parched Than the Side That Faces Earth
Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...
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Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video)
April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...
Orbited Earth 3,520 Times – And Home for Cake: NASA Astronaut’s Epic Return
After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...
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NASA astronaut lands back on Earth on his 70th birthday
Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit ... the space station some 250 miles above Earth, Pettit mused about what it’s like to ...
93 Million Miles, 3,520 Orbits, and a 70th Birthday: NASA’s Don Pettit Returns to Earth
Don Pettit has returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station, wrapping up a journey ...