Scientists from Japan were given the go-ahead to retrieve the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft, which is hoped to contain the first piece of asteroid ever brought to Earth, perhaps providing insight into the origins of asteroids – and our universe. The capsule was ejected three hours before reaching Earth, and the sample canister descended through Earth’s atmosphere, preceding the spacecraft which broke up in spectacular over the Australian Outback. The capsule lay in the Woomera Prohibited Area until morning when Aboriginal elders deemed it had not landed in any indigenous sacred sites, giving the OK for the scientists to retrieve it.

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It was the end of April and the Hubble telescope in space was 20 years old.

No one ever suspected, the presence of the Hubble telescope has answered the most fundamental human questions about the formation of universe, the solar system, Earth, and particularly human origin. “The key was the finding that new stars are born containing the same chemical element with the compiler of the human body,” said John Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who three times follow the Hubble telescope repair mission, told CNN.

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Objects suspected meteor crashed in the mountainous village of Ntori, Wawo District, Kabupaten Bima, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Indonesia on Sunday (2 / 5) night.

According to residents about the location of a suspected meteor falling objects, they heard several explosions on Sunday night. “After we checked, there were foreign objects falling,” said Aji Nasir, villagers Ntori, Tuesday.

The foreign object hit the earth at around 08:30 pm and caused a hole with diameter 50 centimeters, about one kilometer from the village street Ntori. In the hole, there are also three small holes deeper.

When it falls, arises very hot coals until many hours later and had even set fire to grass and trees around.

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