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Over 120 Grams of Asteroid Bennu Material Delivered by OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft
Feb 27, 2024 (SPX)
The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at NASA's Johnson Space Center played a pivotal role in the curation of the Bennu samples. I...
NASA's Planetary Radar Images Slowly Spinning Asteroid
Feb 27, 2024 (JPL)
The asteroid was discovered on July 30, 2008, during routine search operations for NEOs by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, which is headquartered at the Un...
DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid
Feb 27, 2024 (ESA)
On 26 September 2022 NASA's approximately half-tonne DART spacecraft impacted the boulder covered Dimorphos asteroid at a speed of 6.1 km/s. This first experime...
Emirates mission to the asteroid belt complets PDR
Feb 26, 2024 (SPX)
The EMA mission, characterized by a six-year spacecraft design and development phase followed by a seven-year exploration journey, targets the main asteroid bel...
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX Completes 1st Perihelion
Feb 22, 2024 (SPX)
The journey to perihelion was not without its challenges. Since early December 2023, the mission team has navigated the complexities of limited telemetry, a nec...
Can astronomers use radar to spot a cataclysmic asteroid?
Feb 20, 2024 (SPX)
There is currently only one system in the world concentrating on these efforts, NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of the Deep Space Network (DSN). Howev...
SwRI scientists uncover water molecules on asteroids using SOFIA data
Feb 13, 2024 (SPX)
This finding, derived from the examination of four silicate-rich asteroids with the FORCAST instrument, marks the first time such molecules have been identified...
Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare Aubrite
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
"They were devilishly difficult to find because, from a distance, they look like other rocks on Earth," said SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniske...
Small Satellite May Shape Centaur Rings
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
"Rings around minor planets have only been recently discovered, and only a small number of such systems are currently known. There has been significant research...
Ten years preparing for 'Armageddon'
Feb 12, 2024 (ESA)
When the Chelyabinsk asteroid struck the skies over Russia's Ural region in February 2013, it highlighted humankind's fragility. With a mass of around 12 000 to...
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid makes closest pass to Earth in more than century
Feb 02, 2024 (UPI)
The Virtual Telescope Project captured a live stream of the historic astronomical event at about 1 p.m. EST Friday. While the asteroid passed by the Earth from ...
Asteroid to make its closest pass to Earth in more than a century
Feb 02, 2024 (UPI)
Scientists say there is little to no danger in its passing. The hunk of space rock will speed past our planet Friday at a distance of 1.77 million miles, accord...
Asteroid 2024 BX1 spotted three hours before impact
Jan 26, 2024 (ESA)
He immediately sent his data on the asteroid's trajectory to the Minor Planet Center, but with just three initial observations, it was impossible to know for su...
Lucy gears up for a busy year on route to the Jupiter Trojans
Jan 26, 2024 (SPX)
Lucy's current trajectory, skirting the inner edge of the main asteroid belt, will soon transition to a path leading beyond Jupiter's orbit. This shift is set t...
NASA's Scout System successfully predicts small asteroid impact over Germany
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
The asteroid, later designated 2024 BX1, produced a bright fireball, or bolide, visible from as far as the Czech Republic. It may have scattered small meteorite...
New Findings from Ryugu Samples Reveal Cometary Organic Matter
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
The Hayabusa2 mission, a landmark endeavor in space exploration, brought back samples from Ryugu, providing a rare opportunity to directly study materials from ...
From Asteroid Bennu to Earth: NASA Reveals New Findings in OSIRIS-REx Mission
Jan 21, 2024 (SPX)
This development marks a crucial step in the OSIRIS-REx mission, a project aimed at understanding the origins and evolution of our solar system. Asteroids like ...
Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past
Jan 18, 2024 (SPX)
Painstaking analyses of the microscopic samples, recently described in the journal Geochemistry, have revealed a surprising truth about the comet's origins and ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Team Clears Hurdle to Access Remaining Bennu Sample
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
Steps now are underway to complete the disassembly of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or TAGSAM, head to reveal the rest of the rocks and dust de...
'Explosive' Quadrantids meteor shower heading into peak
Jan 03, 2024 (UPI)
The Quadrantids is one of the best and most active meteor showers with up to 120 meteors every hour, NASA says. The meteors travel at a velocity of 25.5 miles p...
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