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The ‘BepiColombo’ probe photographs the north pole of Mercury
Six years after launch, the 'BepiColombo' probe flew past the planet Mercury on Wednesday as part of a fly-by maneuver and took close-up images....
Research team extracts cool water from moon dust
The question of water availability is decisive for whether an occupied moon base can ever be realized. A research team with Austrian participation has...
Rare phenomenon – piece of meteorite landed on the roof of a house in The Hague
A meteorite fragment has now been recovered in The Hague, Lower Austria. It landed on the roof of a single-family home. Experts had already...
NASA probe survives record flight past the sun
The Parker spacecraft has survived its flight past the sun. After the next time a man-made object flew past the sun on Christmas, the...
NASA spacecraft passed the sun at a record distance
According to calculations by the American space agency NASA, a space probe flew closer to the sun on Christmas than any man-made object before...
