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456P/PANSTARRS: New Rare Comet Confirmed In The Main Asteroid Belt
The Solar System has a new confirmed comet, after repeated observations of candidate 456P/PANSTARRS showed it is an active, icy body. The object, discovered in 2021 and given the temporary name ...
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From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid belt ...
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Out-of-this-world space missions to watch in 2025
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid ...
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The most daring space missions coming in 2025 – from China’s asteroid retrieval to first private ‘luxury’ space station
After delivering samples to Earth, the spacecraft will use our planet for a gravitational slingshot maneuver and set it on a course for main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. The sample phase is ...
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China to Plant 'Flapping' Flag on Moon: A Lunar First
During the US Apollo program, six crewed missions landed on the Moon starting with Apollo 11 in 1969, leaving a like number of flags. Now, China recently announced that one more flag will join the ...
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The Sky at Night Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) or just Comet PANSTARRS, has graced our March skies. These are some of the images from the Sy at Night flickr site.