Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
Space on MSN3d
Time-Lapse Orbit Animation Of OSIRIS-APEX's Epic Journey To Asteroid Apophis
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...
IFLScience on MSN6d
Acoustic Sensors Detect Spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule Plummeting Into Earth's Atmosphere
A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...
Reuters on MSN12d
Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth
Astronomers are learning more and more about asteroids. For instance, NASA's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft journeyed to an ...
Space on MSN4d
Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...
Asteroid's chance of hitting Earth in 2032 not high after all
New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...
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Astro Brief: Bennu Revisited
Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science. Hosted by Dr. Mike Reed, Astro Brief focuses on astronomical ...
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Purdue's particle accelerator reveals asteroid origins
Two stories under the Physics Building, the particle accelerator in Purdue's PRIME Labs produces data that researchers have ...