asteroids
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OSIRIS-REx Team Will Boop This Spot On Asteroid Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx team has decided on a location to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu. It’s a 140-metre-wide crater that they’ve dubbed “Nightingale.”
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Japan’s Asteroid Probe Is Finally Returning To Earth With Its Precious Cargo
The Japanese space agency has declared an end to the exploratory phase of the Hayabusa2 mission. Beginning tomorrow, the overachieving spacecraft will leave Ryugu and head back to Earth, bringing—hopefully—its asteroid samples along with it.
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Japan’s Asteroid Probe Packs Up And Prepares For Return To Earth
Following a pair of successful touchdowns onto the surface of Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe is packing its precious cargo as it prepares to bring samples of the asteroid back to Earth.
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Who Protects Earth From Asteroids?
Of all the things that could end our world, an asteroid strike may be the doomsday we have the most control over.