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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2022 November 13   
      
                     Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert   
            Image Credit: USAF 388th Range Sqd., Genesis Mission, NASA   
      
      Explanation: A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah   
      desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year   
      was 2004, and no space aliens were involved. The saucer, pictured here,   
      was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot   
      Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. The   
      unexpectedly hard landing at over 300 kilometers per hour occurred   
      because the parachutes did not open as planned. The Genesis mission had   
      been orbiting the Sun collecting solar wind particles that are usually   
      deflected away by Earth's magnetic field. Despite the crash landing,   
      many return samples remained in good enough condition to analyze. So   
      far, Genesis-related discoveries include new details about the   
      composition of the Sun and how the abundance of some types of elements   
      differ across the Solar System. These results have provided intriguing   
      clues into details of how the Sun and planets formed billions of years   
      ago.   
      
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