Science

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu

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The left image shows the OSIRIS-REx collector head hovering over the Sample Return Capsule (SRC) after the...

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Stars and Skulls: new ESO image reveals eerie nebula

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NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT SINGLE BURST OF STAR FORMATION CREATED MILKY WAY’S CENTRAL BULGE

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid

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Captured by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera on Oct. 22, 2020, this series of three images shows that the sampler head on NASA’s...

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Pluto's Ice Caps Made of Methane, Turns Earth's Process Upside Down

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Pluto as seen from data taken by New Horizon's flyby in 2015 of the dwarf planet, with a...

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The Monster in the Middle of the Milky Way Is…Spinning Slowly?

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Death by Spaghettification: ESO Telescopes Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole

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Massive Stars Are Factories for Ingredients to Life

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Illustration of a dusty disc rotating around a massive newborn star that’s about 40...

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