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Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage

Thu, 10/26/2023 - 15:25

After traveling through space for 200 million miles, rocky pieces from asteroid Bennu were dropped off on Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in late September. Now, some of those fragments will be put on display for museum-goers to observe firsthand.

asteroid, Lockheed Martin, new frontiers program, NASA, osiris rex, tim mccoy, Planetary Defense

After Delivery to Earth, What's Next for NASA's Asteroid Sample?

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 13:50

Gizmodo : Environment

NASA, asteroid, new frontiers program, planetary surface, hayabusa, osiris rex, goddard space flight center

Astrophysicist (and Queen Guitarist) Brian May to Co-Author Asteroid Atlas

Mon, 07/24/2023 - 14:05

Gizmodo : Environment

The prominent astrophysicist and musician Brian May is co-authoring a three-dimensional atlas of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, an 85-million-ton hunk of rock orbiting the Sun.

brian may, asteroid, Queen, NASA, osiris rex, hammer, roger taylor

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