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Which planets have rings? (Hint: Saturn isn't the only one)
"Rings are mostly made of ice and small rocks," said William Saunders, a planetary scientist at NASA's Langley Research ...
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Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
The outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. Now, tech firms are racing to add more. There are already thousands of satellites hurdling around the Earth in low orbit - many of them ...
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How was the Earth built?
How was the Earth built? – Noah, age 5 ... Advertisement All of the other bodies that we know as planets today began as similar rings of space debris. An eddy, or area of rolling, developed in each of ...
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A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
A Soviet spacecraft that's been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since it launched in 1972 has finally crashed back down to our planet. Kosmos 482 rocketed into space more than 50 years ago on a ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and ...