Scientists probe cosmic visitor from deep space, come up empty in search for alien life

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.
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OTD in space - January 12: Deep Impact spacecraft launches to a comet

On January 12, 2005, NASA launched its Deep Impact mission to crash into comet Tempel 1, also known as 9P/Tempel. Two spacecraft were launched together for this mission: one was a flyby vehicle about ...
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Europe’s Hera spacecraft is closing in on asteroid Didymos for a November arrival to inspect the crater NASA’s DART probe blasted into its moon

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is now on a direct path toward the Didymos binary asteroid system, where it will ...
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Deep Impact Mission Will Unveil Comet's Constituents

NASA's "Deep Impact" mission will not only give scientists a glimpse into the core of a comet, but should also provide clues about conditions that existed when the Solar System was formed. Now ...
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NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth

A large space probe plummeted into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft was expected to disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a ...