New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft
A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...
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European Space Agency probe to intercept a comet
The European Space Agency is to launch another mission to a comet. After the hugely successful Rosetta encounter with the icy dirt-ball known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, officials have ...
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In Photos: Comet Seen During The Total Solar Eclipse Vaporizes Hours Later
The European Space Agency reports that just a few hours before the total solar eclipse, a citizen scientist discovered a comet in images ... and Spain on August 12, 2026. It will be Europe's ...
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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...
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Comets played a 'major' role in making life on Earth possible, new study hints
but a new look at data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission to an iconic “rubber ducky” comet has reopened that possibility. Water has a pretty simple chemical makeup ...