Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...
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To decode dark energy, the Rubin Observatory will find millions of exploding vampire stars
"The large volume of data from Rubin will give us a sample of all kinds of Type Ia supernovas at a range of distances and in ...
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Astronomers announce new asteroid before learning it’s actually Tesla Elon Musk launched into space in 2018
The Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the presumed asteroid on January 2 - even giving it an official name of ...
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Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025
The rocket could launch national security satellites ... the unknown force pushing the cosmos apart. The trove of data will also help reveal the story of our galaxy’s birth and catalog asteroids ...
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The Decay of Cosmos 253 Rocket
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Was 2024 the year we finally started to understand dark energy?
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ... (DESI), which resulted in one of the deepest maps of the cosmos ever constructed. The 5,000 robotic eyes of DESI collect light ...
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10 jaw-dropping space photos that defined 2024
You didn't need a telescope to appreciate the cosmos in 2024 ... It shows the spent upper stage of a Japanese H-IIA rocket that has been circling Earth since 2009 — an object that could pose ...
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Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
Never miss a rocket launch, meteor shower ... the unknown force pushing the cosmos apart. The trove of data will also help reveal the story of our galaxy’s birth and catalog asteroids and ...