WATCH: NASA’s Osiris-Rex reaches Bennu, in mission to bring home asteroid dust
Part pioneer and part dirt collector, Osiris-Rex will spend the next year or so looking for a spot to capture pieces of the asteroid before heading back to Earth.
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How this spacecraft will sample an asteroid’s rocks, without even landing on it
More than two years after it launched, a spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx is approaching its target, an asteroid named Bennu. Scientists hope that rock samples from Bennu will provide insight into the likelihood of life on other planets, as well as…
Hayabusa2, a Japanese spacecraft, arrives at Ryugu asteroid to retrieve minerals
If all goes according to plan, two spacecraft will commence close encounters with two asteroids by the end of August, in order to retrieve organic materials dating back to the solar system’s birth.
‘Oumuamua, the alien asteroid, wears an organic coat. But what’s inside?
In the latest ‘Oumuamua update, a research team deciphers the chemical makeup of the cigar-shaped rock.
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A cigar-shaped asteroid named ‘Oumuamua is our solar system's first interstellar visitor -- that we know of.
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An international team has tipped the debate on the origins of the solar system with the discovery of one of the oldest known asteroid families.
In our news wrap Friday, two days before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. House gave final approval for 9/11 victims’ families to sue Saudi Arabia, although the White House has made suggestions of a veto. Also,…
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