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How Asteroid Bennu Caught NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission By Surprise And Nearly Destroyed It 

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NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission has been on a mission to collect asteroid samples and return them safely to Earth. However, as the space probe reached the asteroid Bennu region, it discovered a celestial body that appeared and behaved differently from what researchers earlier suggested. Hence, the OSIRI-REx mission was nearly caught by surprise by the space …

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Asteroid Apophis Will Visit Earth in 2029. Here’s Why Scientists Want NASA to Send a Probe To Visit The Spacerock First

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Astronomers have discovered that asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029. However, NASA’s Small Bodies Assessment Group wants the American Space Agency to send a space probe to the asteroid before it finally makes its closest approach to our home planet towards the end of this decade. Scientists previously thought that Apophis (asteroid 99942) might …

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The Largest Known Asteroid Impact Structure on Earth Is Buried In Southeast Australia, Scientists Discover In A New Study

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Scientists recently conducted a new study that revealed how the largest known asteroid impact structure on Earth is buried in Southeast Australia. Dr. Andrew Glickson a geologist and Visiting Fellow of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at Australian National University and his colleague Tony Yeates published the new study in the journal Tectonophysics. During …

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Spotted This Donut-Shaped Mars Rock That May Have Fallen From the Sky to the Surface Of the Red Planet

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which has been exploring the surface of Mars since 2021 recently spotted a rocky donut that may have landed on the Martian surface from the sky. The most powerful rover currently operating on Mars rolled up to the rocky donut on Friday (June 23) to capture the big, dark stone with …

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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Water Around A Mysterious Flying Comet

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Whenever you hear of comets, you often assume that them to be composed of dust, rock, and ice flying through space without a specific destination. However, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently discovered water surrounding a mysterious flying comet. This rare comet is located within the main asteroid belt orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Mars. …

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NASA Just Announced that an Olympic Pool Size Massive Asteroid has a 1 in 625 Chance of Striking Earth in 2046

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NASA revealed that a newly discovered massive asteroid has a one in 625 chance of slamming into Earth in 2046. The asteroid is named 2023 DW and was first discovered on February 27. Astronomers closely studied its size and concluded that the asteroid is about the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Even though the …

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A Newly Discovered Asteroid Will Fly Past Earth this Week. Here’s how to Watch it Live for free

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If you have been waiting to watch a newly discovered asteroid fly past Earth, you should get your telescopes ready as a space rock is currently heading towards our home planet. Asteroid 2023 BU which measures between 12 and 28 feet wide (3.8 to 8.5 meters) will be coming within less than 3 percent of …

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