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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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 ...
'Bennu, Apophis and more': List of NASA's 'Most Wanted' asteroids that could threaten Earth
About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater in Mexico and causing the ...
Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday — and NASA Says It's Coming Back
Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...
Fears city-killer ‘God of Destruction’ asteroid could hit Earth as experts warn of deadly deflection
EARTH could collide with its deadly cosmic neighbour, Apophis, an asteroid 1,100ft (335m) wide, should a rare chain event ...
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NASA Astronauts Could Use AI and Photos of the Horizon to Navigate the Moon
American space agency NASA released some details on three optical navigation technologies being researched for the Artemis ...
Temporary ‘Mini-Moon’ Will Begin To Orbit Earth Next Week: What To Know
Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...
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Why Do So Many Tiny Asteroids Have Moons?
You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...
Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th
Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be ...
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Stadium-sized asteroid, eclipse, and northern lights are all happening
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued an asteroid watch today, alerting residents around the globe to an asteroid that ...
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NASA issues alert for fast-moving, stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth tonight
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 ...