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NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around the sun also changed.

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NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

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In a first, NASA changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun—by accident

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Nasa spacecraft crash lands back to Earth

A Nasa spacecraft weighing more than 600kg has crash landed back to Earth, almost 14 years after it was launched. The Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in a pair in 2012, re-entered Earth's atmosphere near the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean,

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Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth

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NASA science probe falls back to Earth sooner than expected

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A NASA spacecraft is set to make an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth. Here are the risks

A spacecraft could plunge into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday. While most of the probe will likely burn up during reentry, a few components are expected to survive.

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Unseen images of the sun’s corona: NASA’s historic eclipse dataset revealed

On April 8, 2024, millions across the globe were captivated by the rare and mesmerizing phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.

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The sun just experienced its first 'spotless days' in 4 years — but we're not in the clear yet

Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This ...

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