"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission cost over $770 million for spacecraft development and assembly of its launch vehicle and returned just 122 grams of an asteroid sample in September 2023 — which was ...
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).
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IFLScience on MSNAcoustic Sensors Detect Spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule Plummeting Into Earth's AtmosphereA spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...
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Space on MSNIs there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likelyMany biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...
The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.
The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...
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