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OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S. mission to attempt a sample return from a space rock—has successfully sent materials from asteroid Bennu back to Earth

Researchers have found over 1,700 asteroid trails in archived Hubble data from the last 20 years. While many of the asteroids are previously known, more than 1,000 are not. What good are another 1,000 asteroids? Like all asteroids, they could...

Researchers have found over 1,700 asteroid trails in archived Hubble data from the last 20 years. While many of the asteroids are previously known, more than 1,000 are not. What good are another 1,000 asteroids? Like all asteroids, they could hold

How a tiny asteroid strike may save earthlings from city-killing space rocks

A russian film crew is back home after wrapping a trailblazing movie in space. this is russian actress yulia, you can see her there being helped out of the soyuz capsule after returning to earth. russia is the first nation to shoot a feature film in space. the crew filmed it in 12 days on the international space station. now, rocket scientists at nasa clearly had a blast with this one, right? they named a spacecraft that just launched lucy after not just an ancient human ancestor, but, yes, the famous beatles song, as well. it's even carrying a diamond. lucy is actually an asteroid hunter th...