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NASA’s Lucy mission: A space rock received a moon after a sun-triggered earthquake

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — Astronomers were in for a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid named Dinkinesh in November and spotted a contact binary system — two smaller space rocks touching each other — … Read more

Earthcare cloud mission launched to solve unknown climate problems

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Image caption, Artwork: It took a full 20 years to send Earthcare into space Article information It launched an advanced joint European-Japanese satellite to measure how clouds affect the climate. Some low level clouds are known to cool the planet, others at high altitude will act as a blanket. The Earthcare mission will use laser … Read more