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Earth to receive special delivery: Biggest sample yet from an asteroid
A Nasa spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest. The sample capsule ...
OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
A 120-Feet Airplane-Sized Asteroid Makes A Close Flyby Of Earth
A plane-sized asteroid will safely pass by Earth today, offering scientists a chance to gather valuable data about near-Earth ...
With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return
Public pronouncements by Chinese officials on future space missions typically come true, but China is embarking on ...
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Chandrayaan-4: What Are Sample-Return Missions And Why India Needs To Go Big On Them
The Narendra Modi government has approved Chandrayaan-4, a follow-up mission to the successful Chandrayaan-3, aimed at ...
A 120-feet airplane-sized asteroid hurtling towards earth at 20,586 miles per hour, NASA warns
A 120-foot asteroid, similar in size to a small plane, is set to make a close flyby of Earth today. While it will pass within ...
Asteroid Apophis Won’t Hit Earth in 2029—Unless This Freaky Scenario Plays Out
Asteroid Apophis doesn’t currently pose a threat to Earth when it passes by in a few years, but an astrophysicist has ...
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The moon might still have active volcanoes, China's Chang'e 5 sample-return probe reveals
China's Chang'e 5 mission brought back evidence that the moon had erupting volcanoes just 120 million years ago.
Meteorite Crater Discovered on Google Maps
Joel Lapointe was scouring the Cote-Nord region of Quebec for potential camping spots when he saw something unusual. There ...
The moon had surprisingly recent volcanic activity, samples from Chinese space mission confirm
Volcanoes were erupting on the moon as recently as 120 million years ago, evidence collected by a Chinese spacecraft suggests ...
Google Maps user stumbles upon what could be crater from impact of giant asteroid
A camper scrolling through Google Maps has stumbled upon what could be a crater caused by a giant asteroid impact in Canada. Joël Lapointe discovered the likely crater with a spherical pit of about ...
Canada Man Spots Suspicious Pit On Google Maps, Experts Say It Could Be Meteorite Impact Crater
The team has already received samples from the site, and preliminary analysis reveals that at least one contains zircon, a ...