Asteroids have long been a source of fascination and fear for humanity. These celestial bodies, remnants from the …
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7 Years, Billions of Kilometers, a Handful of Dust: NASA Just Brought Back the Largest-Ever Asteroid Sample
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter a journey of billions of kilometers, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has culminated in a small black capsule blazing …
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A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists has identified a potentially new meteorite parent asteroid by studying a …
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Captured on Oct. 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows …
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual …