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NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.
Queen Legend Brian May Talks NASA Asteroid Mission Collaboration In Exclusive Interview
Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...
Consciousness Formed Before Life Itself, Scientists Say—And the Evidence Could Be in This Asteroid Sample
Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...
Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
NASA’s Lucy Gears Up for a Thrilling Close Encounter With a Mysterious Space Relic
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
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How Deep Did OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft's Arm 'Plunge' Into Asteroid Bennu?
NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...
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Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
Carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid Bennu as seen from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft. Credit: NASA For a long time, scientists assumed that the Earth’s atmosphere filtered out ...
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Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
NASA’s OSIRIS‑REx and JAXA’s Hayabusa2 ... So, the OSIRIS‑REx mission ventured to the asteroid Bennu to retrieve an unaltered sample. Retrieving this sample allowed scientists to examine ...
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NASA warns 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza will make its closest approach to Earth for more than 100 YEARS tomorrow
NASA lists it as one of the upcoming close ... According to the results so far, an asteroid like Bennu that is rich in carbon could need several small bumps to charge its course.