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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Close-Up Video Of Asteroid Bennu 100 Million Kilometers Away
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April 17, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Close-Up Video Of Asteroid Bennu 100 Million Kilometers Away
NASA has released images (vide) of its first flyby test of the sample collection event on asteroid Bennu, an asteroid…
Perseverance Successfully Lands on Mars in Historic Mission
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February 18, 2021
Perseverance Successfully Lands on Mars in Historic Mission
A new era of Mars Exploration has begun! NASA’s Perseverance rover performed a successful landing at the Jezero Crater, the…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Is Heading Towards Rare Distant Asteroid in New Mission
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January 7, 2021
Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Is Heading Towards Rare Distant Asteroid in New Mission
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft which delivered soil samples from the asteroid Ryugu in December has begun its new extended mission to…
There’s Evidence that a Massive, Mysterious Object Existed in The Solar System’s Early Days
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December 28, 2020
There’s Evidence that a Massive, Mysterious Object Existed in The Solar System’s Early Days
In October 2018, astronomers observed an approaching small meteorite that was supposed to impact somewhere in Northern Sudan. Fortunately, there…
Japan Reveals The First Image Оf Alien Samples Recovered From Distant Asteroid
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December 15, 2020
Japan Reveals The First Image Оf Alien Samples Recovered From Distant Asteroid
The team of the Japanese space mission “Hayabusa2”, which performed a two-way flight from Earth to asteroid Ryugu between 2014…
Japan Lands Spacecraft Carrying Alien Materials From Distant Asteroid
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December 5, 2020
Japan Lands Spacecraft Carrying Alien Materials From Distant Asteroid
Tonight at 12:29 PM ET, the landing capsule of the Japanese mission Hayabusa2 entered the Earth’s atmosphere according to plan.…
Video: Return Capsule Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Detaches From Hayabusa2 Spacecraft And Heads To Earth
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December 5, 2020
Video: Return Capsule Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Detaches From Hayabusa2 Spacecraft And Heads To Earth
Although the attention of space enthusiasts is focused mainly on the Chinese mission to the moon “Chang’e 5“, this is…
Will Asteroid Apophis Collide With Earth in the Near Future? Here’s What we Know
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November 14, 2020
Will Asteroid Apophis Collide With Earth in the Near Future? Here’s What we Know
Not a week goes by without another prophecy about the end of the world or news confirming the approach of…
NASA Spacecraft Gathers Enough Surface Material From Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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October 24, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Gathers Enough Surface Material From Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
NASA has recently managed to successfully land—for a few seconds—a spacecraft on the surface of an asteroid some 320 million…
Here’s the Video of a NASA Spacecraft Landing on an Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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October 22, 2020
Here’s the Video of a NASA Spacecraft Landing on an Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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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October 21, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Asteroid 324 Million Km Away Gathering Soil Samples
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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October 19, 2020
A NASA Spacecraft Is About To Land on an Asteroid 334 Million Kilometers From Earth
The countdown has begun for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to land on asteroid Bennu, a massive space rock zooming through the…
2 Different Asteroids Visited by 2 Different Spacecraft Were Probably Part of the Same Asteroid
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May 29, 2020
2 Different Asteroids Visited by 2 Different Spacecraft Were Probably Part of the Same Asteroid
There are two interesting asteroids currently being explored and studied by astronomers. One is asteroid Ryugu, and the other one…
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
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May 15, 2020
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
While attention on Earth is focused on containing the coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern about…
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth on Wednesday
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April 28, 2020
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid that appears to be wearing a protective mask as it travels across the solar system is set to…
Here’s a View of Earth and the Moon from Asteroid Bennu, 111 Million Kilometers Away
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January 7, 2019
Here’s a View of Earth and the Moon from Asteroid Bennu, 111 Million Kilometers Away
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission has captured an image that shows the Earth and…