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An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity
1 year, 10 months ago

An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity

LA Times  

Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists Lance Benner, Paul Chodas and Mark Haynes are studying the 1,100-foot wide asteroid Apophis, which will come within viewing distance of Earth on April 13, 2029. The asteroid close encounter presents “an unprecedented opportunity to study its physical properties and to help us learn things that we’ve never been able to learn before,” Benner said. Apophis …

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Japan Space Probe Findings Suggest Water Came to Earth via Asteroids from Outer Edges of Solar System
2 years, 4 months ago

Japan Space Probe Findings Suggest Water Came to Earth via Asteroids from Outer Edges of Solar System

News 18  

Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission. Earth's water may be from asteroids: study.Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected …

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Asteroid Bennu's surface is like plastic ball pit same as play area for kids
2 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid Bennu's surface is like plastic ball pit same as play area for kids

India Today  

The OSIRIS-ReX mission returning to Earth after successfully scooping rock and soil samples has revealed a unique makeup of Asteroid Bennu. Scientists, after analysing the initial data gathered by the spacecraft as it swooped in to make the touch-and-go manoeuvre have realised that had it fired the thrusters, it could have sunk into Bennu due to the particles that make …

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Scientists solve the mystery of asteroid's surprisingly rugged surface
3 years, 2 months ago

Scientists solve the mystery of asteroid's surprisingly rugged surface

India Today  

As the OSIRIS-ReX throttles towards Earth with first samples from the surface of an asteroid, scientists are already making strides in understanding the surface features of the object. Researchers found it was the asteroid's highly porous rocks that were responsible for its surprisingly lack of fine regolith. The team concluded that very little fine regolith was produced by Bennu's highly …

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Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists
4 years, 1 month ago

Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists

India Today  

Asteroid Bennu, the samples of which were collected by Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in a historic mission, might be hollow. According to scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the interior of the diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu could be "weaker and less dense than its outer layers -- like a crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space". Scientists used OSIRIS-REx’s navigational instruments and …

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A massive asteroid shower hit Earth and the moon 800 million years ago, study says
4 years, 5 months ago

A massive asteroid shower hit Earth and the moon 800 million years ago, study says

CNN  

CNN — Over the course of Earth’s ancient history, our planet has been blitzed with a variety of foreign objects, some of which may have triggered major events shaping this place we now call home. One such incident was a massive asteroid shower that bombarded both the Earth and the moon 800 million years ago, according to a new study. …

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