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"Blew Us Away": Experts On Life-Building Chemicals In Asteroid Bennu Samples
Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...
An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...
NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.
Consciousness Formed Before Life Itself, Scientists Say—And the Evidence Could Be in This Asteroid Sample
Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research ...
NASA’s Lucy Gears Up for a Thrilling Close Encounter With a Mysterious Space Relic
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
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Queen Legend Brian May Talks NASA Asteroid Mission Collaboration In Exclusive Interview
Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...
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An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
NASA’s mission, in a way, is already in progress. The agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission—having successfully visited the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and returning a sample three years later—has now ...