astronomy
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NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Meteoroid Impacts on Mars
NASA’s InSight Lander has recorded some exciting new data: The sounds of meteoroids impacting the surface of Mars. This is the first time that InSight has caught such an event, and the sound of a space rock slamming into the Red Planet is not quite what you’d expect.
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The First Object to Visit Us From Another Star System Could Be a Spaceship
Five years ago, the mysterious object dubbed ‘Oumuamua’ streaked across our sky. Scientists still have no idea what it is.
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The Vespera Robotic Telescope Takes the Guesswork Out of Astronomy
A few weeks ago, my editor asked me to review a new telescope. Having never reviewed a single product for Gizmodo in all the years I’ve worked here, and having never laid my hands on a telescope, I made a valiant attempt to weasel my way out of this assignment. Unswayed by my arguments, my…
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Webb Space Telescope Images the ‘Spider Silk’ of the Tarantula Nebula
The latest wonder from the Webb Space Telescope is a new look at the Tarantula Nebula, a swirling mass of infantile and yet-to-be conceived stars. What looks like spider silk surrounds a hollowed-out centre, where material has been blasted away by radiation, according to a NASA release.