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The Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found
Astronomy Magazine· 1 day agoToday, planetary scientists can study not only rocks that have fallen from the sky — they have begun...
A rare risk of asteroid fastballs turns scientists into sluggers
Salon.com· 12 hours agoAs Andy Rivkin, one of the team leaders, was getting ready to appear in NASA’s live broadcast of the...
Huge God Of Chaos Asteroid Apophis Hurtles Towards Earth For A Friday The 13th Flyby
HotHardware· 3 days agoFirst discovered in 2004, Asteroid Apophis, also known as “God of Chaos,” has been watched closely...
The mission to retrieve a Mars sample is running into turbulence
The Verge· 2 days agoThe mission to retrieve the samples, called Mars Sample Return (MSR), has already caused NASA huge...
Jury remains out on decline of non-avian dinosaurs - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature· 3 days agoIn recent years there has been considerable interest in determining whether dinosaurs were in decline in the run up to the asteroid impact that probably caused their mass ...
Student's comparative analysis of primitive asteroids provides context for further research, future...
Phys.org· 3 days agoHarvison pored through a library of infrared telescope data to analyze the spectral composition of 25 members of the Erigone family of primitive asteroids and help fill in ...
The U.N. needs to form a parliament to regulate space mining
SpaceNews· 3 days agoThe space industry has grown at an incredible rate over the past decade. Estimates project the...
32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFrom planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien...
Getting to know Southwest Research Institute
Astronomy Magazine· 3 days agoWhen we think of space and Texas, our thoughts jump to Houston and the Johnson Space Center, home of NASA’s Mission Control Center, and where the amazing...