Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as scientists pinpoint year it could hit
Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
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NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS ... REx asteroid sampling mission, which touched down briefly on the space rock in October 2020 to gather over 4 ounces of material, and then brought that ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound alarming, they're not entirely unexpected ...
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Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
Scientists must also reduce the risk of potential back contamination on sample return missions. For example, in the recent OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, a sample collected from near-Earth ...
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ASIC had raised ‘increasing concerns’ about Rex with the government
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The corporate regulator warned Treasurer Jim Chalmers in secret briefings it had become increasingly concerned about the governance ...
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Astrophysicists Reveal Structure of 74 Exocomet Belts Orbiting Nearby Stars in Landmark Survey Jan. 17, 2025 — Astrophysicists have imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars ...