Planetary defense
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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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NASA Refines Threat Posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bennu
Bennu, as imaged by OSIRIS-REx.Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Data gathered during the years NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spent zipping around asteroid Bennu…
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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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Earth Is Safe From Infamous Asteroid Apophis for the Next 100 Years, NASA Says
Apophis as it was imaged during its most recent flyby. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO Asteroid Apophis—one of the scariest rocks…
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Asteroid Apophis Is Swinging by This Weekend to Taunt Us
Potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis, as imaged on March 2, 2021.Image: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project An asteroid with a small…
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