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China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...
Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...
Another asteroid is now threatening to hit Earth. It is on the ESA's list of the Top five hazardous objects. Science & Tech Trending ...
In this image taken from video released by NASA, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft touches the surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (NASA via AP) Read full article: How AI helps push Candy ...
The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 ...
The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...
Recent papers published in Nature and Nature Astronomy found life’s building blocks on a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.
But while YR4 was eventually ruled out as a threat during its flyby in 2032, the asteroid passing Earth on Friday, May 9, never posed any danger to begin with. The gigantic space rock, which NASA ...