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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 ...
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OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Samples To Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Learn more about it in this NASA explainer. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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NASA provides asteroid samples to JAXA for further research
The US space agency has provided its Japanese counterpart with a portion of the geological samples that its spacecraft collected from an asteroid. Last September, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought ...
Earth will soon pick up a new 'mini-moon' but it won't be here for long
A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...
4.6 bn-year-old asteroid FW13 from early solar system is racing towards Earth at 35,000 mph, NASA warns
NASA has announced that a 510-foot asteroid, roughly the size of a building, will make close passes by Earth. Despite its ...
Is large asteroid Apophis a threat? Isro, Nasa gear up for 2029 encounter
Initially discovered in 2004, Apophis surpasses the size of India's largest aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, and the ...
Did Asteroid Bennu exist before the Solar System's origin and bring life and water to Earth? Here's what new study says
Researchers at Curtin University are uncovering the secrets of Asteroid Bennu’s ancient fragments, which have journeyed ...