NASA creates space harpoon to take samples from comets
NASA has developed a harpoon that would make even the most pretentious pirate jealous: it can latch on to comets ...
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Half of supermassive black holes are surrounded by ‘dust clouds’
Black holes are perhaps the most fascinating and staggering objects in the known Universe, and we are just now beginning ...
Stunning photos of the Perseid meteor shower
I was lucky enough this weekend to be away from the city and at an altitude of about 1800m, deep ...
[VIDEO] Man-sized meteor over Georgia sky
In a relevant display of NASA's fireball-observing network capabilities, a set of automatic robotic cameras caught a man-sized meteor as ...
Comet flyby produces “stunning pictures”
After six years of loneliness, this Valentine's day was the charm for one of the veteran comet-chasing spacecrafts. As Stardust ...
NASA rejects Russian report: Apophis asteroid extremely unlikely to hit earth
In 2004, NASA researchers identified the Apophis asteroid and after some quick calculations they states there is a chance the ...
