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NASA Responds To Claims "Lost" Asteroid 2007 FT3 Will Hit Earth In 2024The predicted orbit of asteroid 2007 FT3

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NASA Responds To Claims "Lost" Asteroid 2007 FT3 Will Hit Earth In 2024The predicted orbit of asteroid 2007 FT3
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NASA Responds To Claims "Lost" Asteroid 2007 FT3 Will Hit Earth In 2024

clock-iconJanuary 2, 2024
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OSIRIS Mission Sets Sights On "God Of Destruction" Asteroid At Crucial TimeNASA Goddard simulation of OSIRIS-APEX turning into the world's most expensive leafblower, using its thrusters to blow dust off Apophis

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OSIRIS Mission Sets Sights On "God Of Destruction" Asteroid At Crucial TimeNASA Goddard simulation of OSIRIS-APEX turning into the world's most expensive leafblower, using its thrusters to blow dust off Apophis
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OSIRIS Mission Sets Sights On "God Of Destruction" Asteroid At Crucial Time

clock-iconDecember 28, 2023
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NASA Teases "Exciting Organic Molecular" Results From Asteroid Bennu SampleA robotic arm collects a sample from asteroid Bennu.

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NASA Teases "Exciting Organic Molecular" Results From Asteroid Bennu SampleA robotic arm collects a sample from asteroid Bennu.
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NASA Teases "Exciting Organic Molecular" Results From Asteroid Bennu Sample

clock-iconDecember 14, 2023
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It's Prime Conditions To See The Geminid Meteor Shower Sparkle This WeekA view of the stars of the blue Milky Way with pine trees forest silhouette in the foreground. Night sky nature summer landscape. Perseid Meteor Shower observation. Colorful shooting stars.

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It's Prime Conditions To See The Geminid Meteor Shower Sparkle This WeekA view of the stars of the blue Milky Way with pine trees forest silhouette in the foreground. Night sky nature summer landscape. Perseid Meteor Shower observation. Colorful shooting stars.
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It's Prime Conditions To See The Geminid Meteor Shower Sparkle This Week

clock-iconDecember 12, 2023
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You Won't Need A Telescope To See Next Week's Rare Occultation Of BetelgeuseA view of Betelgeuse from the Herschel Space Observatory. Betelgeuse (center) is surrounded by a clumpy envelope of material in its immediate vicinity

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You Won't Need A Telescope To See Next Week's Rare Occultation Of BetelgeuseA view of Betelgeuse from the Herschel Space Observatory. Betelgeuse (center) is surrounded by a clumpy envelope of material in its immediate vicinity
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You Won't Need A Telescope To See Next Week's Rare Occultation Of Betelgeuse

clock-iconDecember 8, 2023
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Amateur Astronomer Captures Large Flash As Something Slams Into JupiterA bright flash on Jupiter.

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Amateur Astronomer Captures Large Flash As Something Slams Into JupiterA bright flash on Jupiter.
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Amateur Astronomer Captures Large Flash As Something Slams Into Jupiter

clock-iconNovember 28, 2023
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Next Month An Asteroid Will Hide Betelgeuse And Might Reveal Its SecretsBetelgeuse has covenction cells we struggle to map, let alone understand, but an asteroid's passage could help

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Next Month An Asteroid Will Hide Betelgeuse And Might Reveal Its SecretsBetelgeuse has covenction cells we struggle to map, let alone understand, but an asteroid's passage could help
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Next Month An Asteroid Will Hide Betelgeuse And Might Reveal Its Secrets

clock-iconNovember 16, 2023
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Citizen Scientists Find An Object Blurring The Line Between Comet And Asteroidactive asteroid artist's impression

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Citizen Scientists Find An Object Blurring The Line Between Comet And Asteroidactive asteroid artist's impression
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Citizen Scientists Find An Object Blurring The Line Between Comet And Asteroid

clock-iconNovember 13, 2023
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Water On Ryugu’s Parent Shaped The Distribution Of Its ElementsRyugu looks about as dry as it is possible to be, but we've found another clue the larger object it came from was wet

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Water On Ryugu’s Parent Shaped The Distribution Of Its ElementsRyugu looks about as dry as it is possible to be, but we've found another clue the larger object it came from was wet
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Water On Ryugu’s Parent Shaped The Distribution Of Its Elements

clock-iconNovember 8, 2023
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First Sample Of Asteroid Bennu Goes On Display To The PublicA sample of Bennu inside a tiny display case.

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First Sample Of Asteroid Bennu Goes On Display To The PublicA sample of Bennu inside a tiny display case.
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First Sample Of Asteroid Bennu Goes On Display To The Public

clock-iconNovember 6, 2023
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Citizen Scientists Have Spotted A Close Approaching Asteroid Professionals Might Have Missedasteroid approaching planet Earth

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Citizen Scientists Have Spotted A Close Approaching Asteroid Professionals Might Have Missedasteroid approaching planet Earth
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Citizen Scientists Have Spotted A Close Approaching Asteroid Professionals Might Have Missed

clock-iconNovember 1, 2023
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NASA Brings Back Actual Sample Of Asteroid But Can't Open The LidA fastener, next to rocky samples of asteroid Bennu.

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NASA Brings Back Actual Sample Of Asteroid But Can't Open The LidA fastener, next to rocky samples of asteroid Bennu.
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NASA Brings Back Actual Sample Of Asteroid But Can't Open The Lid

clock-iconOctober 25, 2023
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How A Piece Of The Moon Became Earth’s Quasi-Satellite Kamo'oalewaPhoto of the moon up close, in the starry sky behind, a comet is flying past.

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How A Piece Of The Moon Became Earth’s Quasi-Satellite Kamo'oalewaPhoto of the moon up close, in the starry sky behind, a comet is flying past.
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How A Piece Of The Moon Became Earth’s Quasi-Satellite Kamo'oalewa

clock-iconOctober 24, 2023
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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Outside The Periodic TableA black, shiny blob of osmium.

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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Outside The Periodic TableA black, shiny blob of osmium.
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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Outside The Periodic Table

clock-iconOctober 12, 2023
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Asteroid Unboxing Reveals Bennu Is Rich In Carbon And Contains WaterAt around a billion dollars for 60 grams this could be considered some of the most expensive material, so it's just as well they brought back some extra.

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Asteroid Unboxing Reveals Bennu Is Rich In Carbon And Contains WaterAt around a billion dollars for 60 grams this could be considered some of the most expensive material, so it's just as well they brought back some extra.
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Asteroid Unboxing Reveals Bennu Is Rich In Carbon And Contains Water

clock-iconOctober 12, 2023
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