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NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid
Oct 12, 2023 (AFP)
A NASA probe is set to blast off Friday bound for Psyche, an object 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion kilometers) away that could offer clues about the interior of...
Five things to know about NASA's mission to a metal world
Oct 12, 2023 (AFP)
By studying this space oddity, scientists hope to learn more about the inner cores of rocky planets such as our own -- or, potentially catalog a previously unkn...
Bennu samples contain water, carbon and organic 'building blocks of life'
Oct 11, 2023 (UPI)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said it's an exciting discovery, with the initial analysis of the material showing abundant carbon. "At nearly 5% carbon by weigh...
NASA asteroid sample contains life-critical water and carbon
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
The discovery follows a seven-year-round-trip to the distant rock as part of the OSIRIS-REx mission, which dropped off its precious payload in the Utah desert l...
SwRI scientists use Webb, Sofia telescopes to observe metallic asteroid
Oct 04, 2023 (SPX)
At about 140 miles in diameter, Psyche is one of the most massive objects in the main asteroid belt orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Previous observations ind...
A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant
Oct 04, 2023 (SPX)
That's the assertion made by an international group of scientists in one of four related research papers, all appearing in the journal Science Open: Airbursts a...
Initial curation of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample delayed
Oct 01, 2023 (SPX)
After the collection event on Bennu three years ago, scientists expected they could find some asteroid material in the canister outside the TAGSAM head when the...
Hera takes wing
Sep 28, 2023 (ESA)
One of these 5-m-long wings was added for Hera's 'cold deployment check' - a manual unfolding process to confirm that the wing fits correctly. Because the solar...
Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe
Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)
Researchers "found black dust and debris on the avionics deck of the Osiris-Rex science canister when the initial lid was removed today," the US space agency sa...
The OSIRIS-REx sample canister lid is removed
Sep 27, 2023 (SPX)
Johnson houses the world's largest collection of astromaterials, and curation experts there will perform the intricate disassembly of the Touch and Go Sample Ac...
How OSIRIS-REx is helping scientists study the sonic signature of meteoroids
Sep 26, 2023 (SPX)
Silber, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, is working with researchers from Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, the Defense Threat Reduction ...
Three Questions: The first asteroid sample returned to Earth
Sep 26, 2023 (SPX)
The special delivery came courtesy of OSIRIS-REx, the first NASA mission to travel to an asteroid and return a sample of its contents to Earth. Launched in 2016...
Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first
Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)
Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. Wh...
NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth
Sep 24, 2023 (AFP)
Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. Th...
Historic NASA asteroid mission set for perilous return
Sep 22, 2023 (AFP)
Scientists hope the material -- possibly the most ever retrieved by such a mission -- will provide humanity with a better understanding on the formation of our ...
First view of OSIRIS-REx returning with asteroid sample
Sep 22, 2023 (ESA)
On Sunday 24 September, the mission will drop its rocky sample off to fall through Earth's atmosphere and land safely back home, before it continues on to study...
NASA to live stream asteroid sample's return to Earth this weekend
Sep 20, 2023 (UPI)
The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security -- Regolith Explorer (OSIriS-REx) sample capsule is scheduled to re-enter the atmosph...
OSIRIS-REx Makes Final Course Adjustment Before Sept. 24 Sample Delivery
Sep 20, 2023 (SPX)
This final correction maneuver moved the sample capsule's predicted landing location east by nearly 8 miles, or 12.5 kilometers, to the center of its predetermi...
Purdue scientist among first to examine asteroid pieces from OSIRIS-REx mission
Sep 19, 2023 (SPX)
That's exactly what's happening this month, though, as NASA's OSIRIS-REx project brings home pieces of the asteroid Bennu. The culmination of more than a decade...
Lucy captures its first images of Asteroid Dinkinesh
Sep 12, 2023 (SPX)
Lucy took these images while it was 14 million miles (23 million km) away from the asteroid, which is only about a half-mile wide (1 km). Over the next two mont...
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