asteroids
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The Newest Pictures Of Asteroid Bennu Are Unreal
The asteroid-orbiting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has released some of its most detailed images yet of its target, the asteroid Bennu. And they’re breathtaking.
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Astronomers Just Discovered ‘Farout,’ The Most Distant Known Object In The Solar System
A team of astronomers has discovered the most extreme trans-Neptunian object in the outer reaches of the Solar System. Dubbed “Farout,” the object is more than 120 times farther from the Sun than Earth is. Excitingly, given preliminary estimates about its size, it could actually be a dwarf planet—but it’s still too small to qualify…
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NASA’s Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Has Arrived At Its Target
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived today at its target asteroid, Bennu, an important step on its mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and return it to Earth.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Captures Stunning View Of Asteroid Bennu Ahead Of Arrival
More than two years after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has beamed back what the space agency is calling a “super-resolution” view of the asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx is NASA’s exciting mission to near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu, which the spacecraft is set to reach in about a month, to collect and bring back a sample to…