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Space.com on MSNChina's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Perseid meteor shower, expected to peak Aug. 12-13, will light up the night sky with up to 100 meteors per hour, offering stargazers one of the year’s best celestial shows.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNScientists Have Never Confirmed a Meteorite From Mercury. Could These Space Rocks From the Desert Be the First?Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are likely not direct samples, “one cannot rule out” the idea
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Live Science on MSNGiant meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years agoResearchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.