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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.
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New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
If the asteroid is rocky or rubble-like, it could largely break up in Earth's atmosphere, but still create powerful atmospheric explosions. If it's a metallic asteroid, it could pummel the surface ...
To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites.
This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...