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Bennu Asteroid Samples May ‘Fundamentally’ Shift Views of Life
We’ve all been there: You’re getting some peanut butter, or looking to nosh a nice pickle, when you find your…
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Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Return Asteroid Samples to Earth
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to Earth to drop off rocky samples from asteroid Bennu on Sunday, marking…
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New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun
Somewhere within that yellow circle is the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Southwest Research Institute With Pluto firmly in…
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OSIRIS-REx Is Leaving Asteroid Bennu for Good
Artist’s conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft leaving Bennu (visible at bottom left).Illustration: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona (Fair Use) Yesterday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx…
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