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Archive for March, 2021

The mysterious core of Mars is on the large side, NASA’s InSight lander data suggests

March 22nd, 2021 by

NASA’s InSight lander has spent more than a full Martian year stationed on the Red Planet, and scientists are pleased with the spacecraft’s observations to date, despite the challenges Mars has posed.

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Interstellar object ‘Oumuamua is a pancake-shaped chunk of a Pluto-like planet

March 22nd, 2021 by

‘Oumuamua, the first known visitor from interstellar space, was likely a pancake-shaped chip off a Pluto-like world.

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Why Russian scientists just deployed a giant telescope beneath Lake Baikal

March 22nd, 2021 by

The enormous Baikal-GVD will look for the particles from 4,300 feet (1,310 meters) below the lake surface.

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On This Day in Space! March 22, 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp flies by Earth

March 22nd, 2021 by

On March 22, 1997, a super bright comet by the name of Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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On This Day in Space! March 21, 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9 to the moon

March 21st, 2021 by

On March 21, 1965, NASA launched the Ranger 9 spacecraft on a mission to crash into a lunar crater. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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The biggest asteroid to visit Earth in 2021 zooms by our planet unusually fast today

March 21st, 2021 by

The biggest asteroid to visit Earth this year will zoom by our planet today (March 21) and it’s a real speed demon.

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Glowing ‘dawn storm’ auroras that blaze in Jupiter’s morning skies are born in darkness

March 21st, 2021 by

New images of Jupiter’s polar auroras, captured by the Juno spacecraft, revealed the full cycle of intense and unusual polar light displays.

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Asteroids named for diverse group of 27 trailblazing astronauts

March 21st, 2021 by

A group of astronauts who are trailblazers for their respective ethnicities are now true “rock stars,” having asteroids named for them. The International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center released a list of the asteroids designated for the 27 explorers.

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