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Science Feb 25

Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Feb 08

A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life may have been scattered…

By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn

Science Oct 07

The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis
Spacecraft on its way to investigate asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Science Nov 05

An illustration depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft and the asteroid Psyche, which is the largest-known of the metallic asteroids. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
How NASA’s robotic prospectors could pave the way for future asteroid miners

Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially mine asteroids.

By Valerie Payré, The Conversation

Science Sep 24

WATCH: NASA holds news conference after retrieval of capsule from OSIRIS-REx

In a flyby of Earth, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released the capsule containing NASA’s first asteroid samples from 63,000 miles out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Sep 26

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NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in attempt to knock it off course

By Miles O'Brien, William Brangham, Courtney Norris

NASA is trying an experiment to answer a question that’s straight out of science fiction. What could we do if a large object was hurtling through space on a collision course with Earth? Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien joined William Brangham…

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Dec 14

Japan space agency confirms asteroid soil inside landed capsule

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

The pan-shaped capsule was dropped by Hayabusa2 from space into the sparsely populated Australian desert. It arrived in Japan last week for research that will hopefully provide insights into the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

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Jan 27

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In Earth flyby, massive asteroid reveals a moon of its own

By Joshua Barajas

Earth’s close encounter with Asteroid 2004 BL86 on Monday revealed that the massive space object had a traveling companion: its own moon.

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