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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 ...
Nasa launches space telescope to unveil cosmic secrets
Nasa on Tuesday launched its newest space telescope, SPHEREx, designed to map the entire sky in unprecedented color. It ...
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VIAVI Precision Optics Power NASA's SPHEREx Mission for Infrared Space Mapping
VIAVI Solutions announced its contribution to NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...
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 ...
Daily Express26d
Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as year of 'impact' pinpointed
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 ...
NASA Issues Update on Chance of Asteroid Hitting Earth
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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NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
Related ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples NASA project NEOWISE ends after cataloging objects around Earth for over a decade ...
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Asteroid Bennu still a concern: year of possible impact with Earth and the devastation it would cause
Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...