space science
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NASA’s DART Mission Is Going to Really Mess Up This Tiny Asteroid
In order to protect the Earth, some sacrifices must be made. NASA’s DART spacecraft is currently on its way to a binary asteroid system known as Didymos and will essentially crash into one tiny asteroid to test out a deflection method. But rather than leaving behind an impact crater as initially intended, the DART spacecraft…
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The Most Interesting Moons in Our Solar System
You know about the planets. But what about their satellites?
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Asteroid Samples Brought to Earth Contain Key Molecules for Life
Japan’s education ministry says that more than 20 types of amino acids were detected in samples of an asteroid that were brought to Earth in December 2020, The Japan Times reports. The detection is the first evidence that amino acids exist on asteroids in space and has implications for understanding how such vital organic molecules…
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California Startup Raises Around $18 Million to Harvest Platinum From Asteroids
California-based startup AstroForge can get started on its ambitious plan to mine near-Earth asteroids, thank to a rapid influx of seed funding.