[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon earlier this week to bring back moon rocks in a nation’s first attempt to recover samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. Children play with rocket models at a hotel reception in Longlou city, Wenchang, …
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[ad_1] I walk out of my rural Saskatchewan home before dawn and look up, expecting to be breathless from the number of stars above me. I’m a professional astronomer, but I still enjoy naked eye stargazing as much as an impatient child. This is the first place I have lived …
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[ad_1] The Associated Press11 November 2020 09:36:24 NASA is underestimating the amount of time and money it will take to bring Mars rocks back to Earth over the next decade, an independent panel said Tuesday. The review committee suggested that NASA and the European Space Agency consider making it past …
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[ad_1] 06 November 2020 WENDY WHITMAN COBB On November 2, the International Space Station celebrated its 20th anniversary of continued human occupation. With astronauts and cosmonauts from all over the world working together, the ISS has demonstrated humanity’s ability not only to live and work in space, but also to …
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[ad_1] This week, NASA released several downloadable posters showing astronomical topics like vintage science fiction movies in their Galaxy of Horrors. It’s not the first time they’ve turned science into creative vintage posters, but making posters isn’t the only reason NASA regularly works with artists. Many of the images accompanying …
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