It was only 5 years ago that NASA launched its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on a mission to visit the space rock known as Bennu. Bennu is a large rocky asteroid that served as a >>
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‘Doomsday asteroid’ is headed toward Earth – here’s when you can see it with your telescope
The most devastating event in Earth’s history, as far as life is concerned, was the mass extinction that followed the impact of a colossal asteroid. That event is the reason dinosaurs aren’t around >>
NASA’s asteroid probe will be headed home soon with precious cargo on board
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has been orbiting the space rock known as Bennu for many months now. The spacecraft successfully gathered samples from the massive asteroid and will return that material to Earth >>
Alien space junk may have passed through our solar system, professor says
The mysterious, cigar-shaped asteroid that zipped through our solar system back in 2017 may have been a piece of alien space junk. Harvard professor Avi Loeb suggests that the object could have been >>
NASA’s asteroid probe grabbed so much material it was ‘overflowing’
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is going even better than scientists thought, and the asteroid probe collected so much material that its handlers sped up the timeline to ensure they bring as much back to >>
Mega-dangerous asteroid called ‘God of Chaos’ is headed toward Earth
The massive space rock known as Apophis will pass by Earth several times in the upcoming decades. A collision with Earth has been ruled out for most of them, but one pass is >>
This video from NASA’s asteroid probe is stunning
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe performed its Touch-And-Go maneuver on the space rock Bennu days ago. The new video shows the probe slapping the surface of the asteroid and kicking up material with its >>
NASA won’t know if it successfully obtained an asteroid sample for a week
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe successfully performed its “Touch And Go” maneuver on the surface of the space rock Bennu last night. The spacecraft did what it was designed to do, but we still >>
