Friday, April 5, 2019

'Bombing' Asteroids and the "Illusion' of Space

Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully “bombed” asteroid Ryugu in the name of scientific research.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Hayabusa2 dropped a small explosive box which sent a copper ball the size of a baseball slamming into the asteroid, and that data confirmed the spacecraft had safely evacuated and remained intact.



Full article here.

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And just when you thought causality works - think again, or maybe you did already ... see the article here.

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