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NASA predicts asteroid Bennu may hit Earth in THIS year | Details

NASA has reason to believe that the asteroid Bennu which was discovered in 1999 can hit the Earth in 159 years. NASA has estimated that this asteroid may hit the Earth on September 24, 2182. In 2021, a NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on the rugged surface of asteroid Bennu and collected a sample of rocks dating back to the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bennu Asteroid To Hit Earth After 159 Years With Force Equal To 22 Atomic Bombs: NASA

News 18

We come across numerous bizarre stories on the internet every day, and predictions about the end of the world have been a recurring theme throughout such claims. The recent news that an asteroid named Bennu is projected to collide with Earth in 159 years, specifically on September 24, 2182, causing worldwide extinction, has captured widespread attention. NASA, however, emphasised that …

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1 year, 3 months ago

NASA capsule carrying first asteroid samples lands on Earth

The Hindu

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert on September 24 to cap a seven-year journey. Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened. Preserved building blocks from the dawn of our solar system 4.5 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-REx bring back on September 24? | Explained

The Hindu

Come September 24, and debris from an alien world will land on the earth. NASA’s asteroid hunting spacecraft OSIRIS-REx – short for Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer – will drop a capsule containing pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert. The astro-material brought back by OSIRIS-REx, he added, “may provide scientists with valuable insights into how planets formed, what materials were …

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1 year, 3 months ago

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week

Hindustan Times

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is set to create history on September 24, 2023, by bringing back samples from the asteroid Bennu after spending seven years in deep space. Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous, near-Earth space rock that has a nearly 1 in 1,800 chance of colliding with Earth in the next 300 years. What is NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission Launched in …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Deflecting asteroids like Bennu may require 'multiple bumps'

Daily Mail

Deflecting an asteroid such as Bennu, which has a small chance of hitting Earth in about a century and a half, could require multiple small impacts from some sort of massive human-made deflection device, according to experts. Although there is a slight chance Bennu will smash into Earth over the next three centuries, NASA notes there is more than a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too

NPR

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too toggle caption NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300. "The impact probability went up just a little bit, but it's not a significant change," says Davide Farnocchia at the Center for Near …

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3 years, 6 months ago

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on track with samples from asteroid Bennu, Nasa decides against course correction

India Today

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which recently bid farewell to asteroid Bennu, is on track to deliver the samples collected from its surface to the Earth on September 24, 2023. American space agency Nasa launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2016 to bring back samples from the surface of this carbon dominated body in the solar system. The May 10-burn had put the spacecraft …

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3 years, 7 months ago

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft way back to Earth with asteroid sample

India TV News

After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the US space agency said. This burn thrust the spacecraft away from the asteroid at 600 miles per hour, setting it on a 2.5-year cruise …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

Hindustan Times

A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday. Scientists announced the news three days after the spacecraft named Osiris-Rex briefly touched asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first attempt at such a mission. The mission’s lead scientist, Dante Lauretta, said Tuesday’s operation …

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NASA predicts asteroid Bennu may hit Earth in THIS year | Details

Bennu Asteroid To Hit Earth After 159 Years With Force Equal To 22 Atomic Bombs: NASA

NASA capsule carrying first asteroid samples lands on Earth

What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-REx bring back on September 24? | Explained

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week

Deflecting asteroids like Bennu may require 'multiple bumps'

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on track with samples from asteroid Bennu, Nasa decides against course correction

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft way back to Earth with asteroid sample

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft