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Dangerous Asteroid That Might Hit The Moon Has A Very Unusual Origin
YR4 is back in the spotlight. Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which give it a 3.8 ...
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NASA reveals results from asteroid Bennu's sample return, hinting at the origins of life
In September 2023, we reported on the conclusion of the first phase of the OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) as its return sample ...
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Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...
Bennu, designated a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid due to its size and Earth-crossing orbit, has a 1-in-1,750 chance of hitting Earth on Sept. 24, 2182. Neither 2024 YR4 nor Bennu are near the ...
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The asteroid NASA just landed on turns out to be hollow, with a large 'void' at its center. It may be spinning itself to death.
At the same time, Bennu was also flinging marble-size bits of rock away from its surface. Those crumbs entered orbit around the asteroid, and then some of them fell back to its surface.
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‘Asteroid Bennu’s mystery’: Could it hold the missing link to Earth’s first life?
A new study suggests Bennu may have formed beyond Saturn’s orbit, carrying materials from the coldest regions of the solar system. Berkeley Lab plans further infrared and X-ray analysis of Bennu ...
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Asteroid Bennu: Why the return of samples is so important... in 83 seconds
A capsule carrying precious samples from asteroid Bennu landed on Earth on Sunday ... Space Station send a festive message from orbit, some 250 miles (400km) above Earth. Elizabeth Rizzini ...
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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists search for elusive dark matter throughout the universe
According to Tsai, Bennu is just the beginning ... That’s closer than some satellites currently in orbit. The close call will give NASA another chance to collect samples and data on the asteroid ...
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'Bennu, Apophis and more': List of NASA's 'Most Wanted' asteroids that could threaten Earth
If Bennu were to collide with the planet ... This asteroid hasn’t been seen since 2007, making its exact orbit unclear. There is a very low probability (1 in 10 million) that 2007 FT3 could ...
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Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
23: Autumn is here The autumnal equinox is one of two points in Earth’s orbit where the sun creates ... a NASA spacecraft swooped in on Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and scooped up rock and ...
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Project Asteroid: Mapping Bennu
In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study the rocky space object and collect samples to return to ...
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OSIRIS-REx: To Bennu and Back
OSIRIS-REx: To Bennu and Back is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...