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Discovery: New analysis of the Chassingy meteorite (pictured) suggests that the interior chemical make-up of Mars largely came from meteorite collisions, rather than from a giant cloud of gas called the solar nebula as previously thought
Interesting.
A NASA satellite captured stunning images of a partial solar eclipse from its unique vantage point in space - the only place where it was visible. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) photographed the moon passing in front of the sun yesterday from about 5:20 am BST (1:20 am ET). The transit lasted for about 35 minutes and at its peak, the moon covered 67 percent the fiery surface. The spacecraft then returned a series of images of the event that showed 'lunar mountains backlit by solar fire', according to experts at SpaceWeather.com. Bumps and irregularities can be seen on the moon's surface it passed by that have been identified as part of the Leibnitz and Doerfel mountain ranges
Wow, stunning indeed.
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Huge asteroid TWICE the size of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, will pass Earth on Friday - and is the biggest space rock to come our way in 2022
The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA) measures a whopping 1.1 miles (1.8km) in diameter, and will pass by our planet on Friday.