Up close with a stony asteroid - CNN
WEBJul 16, 2024 · CNN — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses...
Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid ...
WEB4 days ago · Apophis will come close enough to Earth to be seen with the naked eye in 2029, but a chance encounter with another asteroid could steer 'God of Destruction' space rock destructively close on a ...
1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even …
WEBFeb 6, 2024 · Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission.
Phosphate in NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample suggests space rock ...
WEBJun 27, 2024 · NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission brought pieces of space rock Bennu to Earth in 2023. An analysis of these samples has revealed interesting data.
‘Head-scratcher’: first look at asteroid dust brought to ... - Nature
WEBDec 12, 2023 · San Francisco, California. In the 2.5 months since NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission landed safely on Earth, technicians have carefully plucked more than 70 grams of asteroid dust and...
NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft returns sample of asteroid to Earth - NPR
WEBSep 24, 2023 · NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean …
WEBSep 24, 2023 · After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.
Nasa hails 'awesome' rescue mission as asteroid sample reaches
WEBSep 24, 2023 · The container was released from Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft a few hours earlier, before hurtling into Earth's atmosphere at 27,000mph - parachutes helped to slow its descent. Scientists believe...
Bringing space rocks back to Earth could answer some of life
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Bringing space rocks back to Earth could answer some of life’s biggest questions. Safe delivery of samples from an asteroid on 24 September will be the start of a global scientific journey —...
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth - NBC News
WEBSep 24, 2023 · In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth. The collected rocks and soil could help scientists unlock secrets about the solar system and how life emerged on this planet. 0 seconds of 2 ...