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[ad_1] A Chinese spacecraft has left the moon’s surface to return to Earth, bringing with it the first lunar rock samples collected in four decades. China has invested billions in its military-run space program, with hopes of having a manned space station by 2022 and eventually sending humans to the …

[ad_1] China’s Chang’e 5 space module has left the moon after completing its mission to collect rock samples, China’s new official Xinhua agency reports. The lander is expected to connect with a spacecraft that will take it out of lunar orbit and bring it back to earth in the next …

[ad_1] The best available map of the Milky Way just got better. The latest update from the Gaia space observatory, which is monitoring over 1 billion stars in the galaxy, provides not only a static image, but an image of how the stars will move over time. The data will …

[ad_1] Gaia “discovery machine” updates the star catalogBBC news Astronomers unveil the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way everThe Guardian British astronomers unveil the most detailed map ever made of the Milky WayDaily mail The Gaia satellite creates the first accurate 3D map of the Milky WayTimes New …

[ad_1] STRANGE ghostly circles spotted in space baffle astronomers as they try to figure out what they might be. Scientist Anna Kapinska initially labeled one as “WTF?” after identifying the cosmic ring while navigating through the radio astronomy data. 3 The ghostly circles are baffling scientists According to a report …

[ad_1] The National Science Foundation has released stunning footage of the 900-ton platform of the Arecibo Observatory falling into the 305-meter-wide dish below. A drone was doing a close investigation of the cables holding the platform over the dish as they snapped. Videos released Thursday by NSF show both drone …

[ad_1] It’s a mystery that has puzzled scientists for months, but NASA has officially confirmed that the object in temporary orbit around Earth is a discarded piece of the 1966 Surveyor 2 rocket. Dubbed 2020 SO, the object was first spotted by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii on Sept. 17 …

[ad_1] Video of the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory Status report from: National Science Foundation Published: Thursday 3 December 2020 This video, which begins with a view of the top of Tower 4, was taken from the observation point of a drone of the Arecibo Observatory, used to monitor the …

[ad_1] What is Gaia? The goal of the ESA mission, launched on December 19, 2013, is none other than to produce a three-dimensional map of all the astronomical objects that can be detected by the satellite’s 1000-megapixel camera, an impressive average of three million stars per hour. The observations are …

[ad_1] The Chang’e-5 mission is an ambitious attempt to transport the first specimens of lunar rocks to Earth in four decades. The spacecraft took off from the surface of the moon at 11pm. 10 minutes. local time (5 pm 10 minutes Lithuanian time), state television reported. No part of this …