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Pieces of Asteroid Bennu about to come to Earth as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission
The Independent US via AOL· 9 months agoScientists are preparing to receive pieces of a distant asteroid, which will fall to Earth over the...
Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission, new book reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoQueen guitarist Brian May and the chief scientist of NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx mission...
NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn asteroid Bennu, a city-killer sized cosmic object, has a 1/2700 chance of hitting us in...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule returns to Earth with a sample from the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA capsule containing 2 ounces of rocky material from the "potentially hazardous" asteroid Bennu has...
Smithsonian unveils a very small sample of the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA sample of Asteroid Bennu is put on public display for the first time at the Museum of Natural...
OSIRIS-REx science chief reveals NASA's 1st asteroid sampling mission nearly didn't make it...
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDante Lauretta, the chief scientist of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, talks about the unexpected...
Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoa close-up view of an asteroid in deep space LITTLETON, Colorado — As NASA's first mission to...
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect
CNN via AOL· 9 months agoOn Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu,...
Sample of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu, which may contain the seeds of life, arrives in UK...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London's...
A treasure trove of pristine asteroid samples is arriving at Earth this weekend
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter 7 years in deep space, a NASA spacecraft is nearly home again with a delivery of precious...