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Geologists rely on tiny crystals of the mineral zircon to understand the timing of key events in Earth's early days, like the rising of continents and the emergence of oceans.
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NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit. 鈥淭his mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us,鈥 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday.
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NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.
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NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course.
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Jeff Bezos' rocket company has suffered its first launch failure. Barely a minute into the flight, bright yellow flames shot out from around the single engine and the capsule鈥檚 emergency launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top. It parachuted onto the remote desert floor, but the rocket crashed back to Earth. The rocket is the same kind Blue Origin uses to send paying customers on short rides to the edge of space.
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Managers said Thursday they will conduct another fueling test to ensure all hydrogen leaks are plugged. If that test goes well - and if the Space Force extends a flight safety waiver - then NASA could take another stab at launching the 322-foot rocket in late September.
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It's one of two new planets that were recently found about 100 light years from Earth, both of which take just days to orbit their own sun.
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