Risk of Doomsday Asteroid Bennu Impacting Earth Increases
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Near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu is one of our most dangerous neighbors, since every now and then it passes in frightening…
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Here’s a View of Earth and the Moon from Asteroid Bennu, 111 Million Kilometers Away
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OSIRIS-REx Snaps Stunning Photo of Celestial Trio NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission has captured…
NASA’s Historic Asteroid Return: Earth Gears Up for a Stellar Delivery
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This Sunday is not just another day for space enthusiasts. A NASA spacecraft is set to fly past Earth and…
NASA Spacecraft carrying alien material from asteroid adjusts course
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The Hayabusa2 mission returned to Earth in December 2020 a capsule with approximately five grams of payload taken from the…
Astronomers find a potentially-hazardous asteroid has a change in its rotation
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Earth is a vulnerable place. Our blue marble is so far the only planet known to have life on its…
“Uncontaminated Extraterrestrial Materials” Revealed in Ancient Asteroid Sample
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In an important study, researchers report that pebbles taken from an ancient asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft contain crucial clues…
Congress Introduces Legislation Urging Preparedness For a “Global Cataclysm”
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Former representatives Brad Carson and Mike Rogers urge lawmakers to take more seriously events that seem unlikely but could have…
Massive Space Rock Visited by Spacecraft Turns Out to be Extinct Ancient Comet from the Early Solar System
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Asteroid Ryugu: Research, Properties, Theories The research of the near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu was carried out by the Hayabusa-2 interplanetary…
Car-Sized Asteroid Found Hours Before It Impacted Earth
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Astronomers using ground-based telescopes discovered an asteroid as it was about to impact Earth. Asteroid 2022 EB5 became the fifth…
Using Satellites To Save Earth From a Cataclysmic Asteroid Impact
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On International Asteroid Day, which is celebrated annually on June 30, the UN draws attention to the need to protect…
There’s Evidence that a Massive, Mysterious Object Existed in The Solar System’s Early Days
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In October 2018, astronomers observed an approaching small meteorite that was supposed to impact somewhere in Northern Sudan. Fortunately, there…
Here’s the Video of a NASA Spacecraft Landing on an Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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The OSIRIS-REx mission has proven once again that when humankind sets out to do something and works hard towards that…
NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Asteroid 324 Million Km Away Gathering Soil Samples
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NASA has achieved yet another fascinating historical milestone as the OSIRIS-REx mission managed to successfully land on the surface of…
A NASA Spacecraft Is About To Land on an Asteroid 334 Million Kilometers From Earth
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The countdown has begun for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to land on asteroid Bennu, a massive space rock zooming through the…
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
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While attention on Earth is focused on containing the coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern about…
This Incredible Camera Lets You See Light as it Travels
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A new ultrafast camera developed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is capable of taking up to 70 trillion…
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth on Wednesday
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An asteroid that appears to be wearing a protective mask as it travels across the solar system is set to…
Depictions of a 2,700-Year-Old “Demon of Epilepsy” Stun Experts
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Archeologists have discovered traces of an ancient, rare 2,700-year-old demon of epilepsy on a Mesopotamian tablet. The mysterious being was…