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Some asteroids are dense. So dense in fact, that they may contain heavy elements outside of the periodic table, according to a new study on mass density. The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense Objects (CUDOs) with a mass density greater than Osmium, the densest naturally occurring, stable element, …

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SpaceX added 24 new Starlink satellites to its orbital network on a Friday night (July 18) launch from California. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:52 p.m. local (11:52 p.m. EDT or 0352 GMT on July 19) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. At about nine minutes into the flight, the booster’s …

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon underground space.” Researchers have established a practice area in a volcanic lava cave in a forest region near Jingbo Lake in Mudanjiang City, located in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. The move is in response to research suggesting that lava …

The largest piece of Mars on Earth is seen on display as part of Sotheby’s Geek Week series of auctions in New York on Tuesday. Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA July 17 (UPI) — A meteorite from Mars, the largest piece ever found on Earth, sold for $5.3 million to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on …

China’s Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples. Tianwen 2 launched from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is en route to the enigmatic asteroid Kamo’oalewa. But shortly after departure, the spacecraft took the opportunity to test out its cameras. The China …

Imagine a snake so large it could span the length of a city bus. This isn’t a creature from a horror film, but a real animal that once dominated the Earth. The Titanoboa, a massive serpent that lived around 58 to 60 million years ago, was the largest snake to ever exist. Stretching up to 45 feet (13.72 m) and …

A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M.  The Washington Post Largest Mars rock ever found on Earth sells for $4.3m at auction  BBC World’s biggest Mars rock sells for $5.3 million at auction  CNN Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class  Financial Times Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million at …

A giant plasma plume dubbed “The Beast” was recently spotted dancing above the sun as it showered our home star with blobs of impossibly fast fire. The shapeshifting projection, which stretched more than 13 times wider than Earth, was the first of several sizable solar structures to emerge in recent days. The animalistic mass appeared Saturday (July 12) over the …

SpaceX sent 26 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 15), after a launch from southern California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:05 p.m. PDT (10:05 p.m. EDT or 0205 GMT July 18), escaping the fog and cloud cover blanketing Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The satellites (Group 15-2, according …