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2 Exoplanets and brown dwarfs. 3 Stars. 4 Star constellations. 5 Star clusters. 6 Nebulae. ... Lists of space scientists; Lists of spacecraft This page was last ...
A similar space elevator cable could extend out 6,000 km the opposite direction that would counterbalance Phobos. In total the space elevator would extend over 12,000 km which would be below Areostationary orbit of Mars (17,032 km). A rocket launch would be needed to get the rocket and cargo to the beginning of the space elevator 28 km above ...
This video shows an artist's impression of the free-floating planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9.. A rogue planet, also termed a free-floating planet (FFP) or an isolated planetary-mass object (iPMO), is an interstellar object of planetary mass which is not gravitationally bound to any star or brown dwarf.
The 60-tonne, 2.7 m-long (8.9 ft) Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite.[1]A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.
The white, satchel-like tool bag slipped away from two astronauts during a rare, all-female spacewalk Nov. 1 as they performed maintenance on the International Space Station, according to social ...
Lunar sample 15415, also known as the "Genesis Rock"Extraterrestrial material refers to natural objects now on Earth that originated in outer space. Such materials include cosmic dust and meteorites, as well as samples brought to Earth by sample return missions from the Moon, asteroids and comets, as well as solar wind particles.
Christmas is less than a week away, and even the night sky is spreading some holiday cheer with what could be the largest Christmas tree in the universe. On Tuesday, NASA released an image of NGC ...
Several space probes and the upper stages of their launch vehicles are leaving the Solar System, all of which were launched by NASA. Three of the probes, Voyager 1 , Voyager 2 , and New Horizons , are still functioning and are regularly contacted by radio communication, while Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 are now derelict.