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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
Time-Lapse Orbit Animation Of OSIRIS-APEX's Epic Journey To Asteroid Apophis
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...
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Students stumble upon new black hole in NASA asteroid probe data
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spent the majority of its life studying the near ...
Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth
New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
To realize its vision, AstroForge will have to do this orders of magnitude cheaper.NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission cost over $770 million for spacecraft development and assembly of its launch vehicle ...
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After spacecraft’s sample from asteroid runneth over, Lockheed Martin, partners prepare material for long journey home
Confident that the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx captured a good-sized sample from the surface of an asteroid, the team working on the NASA project will start the process of stowing the material in a ...
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Acoustic Sensors Detect Spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule Plummeting Into Earth's Atmosphere
A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...
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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...
NASA Issues Update on Chance of Asteroid Hitting Earth
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).