Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

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On May 29, the Tianwen 2 probe was successfully launched into space onboard a Long March 3B rocket, which took off from the Xichang spaceport in southwestern China at around 1:31 a.m. local time ...

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NASA have found something new moving in our Solar System. Even thought it's not water, still a phenomenon worth of time ...

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Chinese officials have revealed the first-ever photo of the country's highly secretive Tianwen 2 spacecraft, two weeks after it was launched into space. The elusive probe, which bears a striking ...

A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet. The first of these little-known companions to the Jovian giant was ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

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