OSIRIS-REx returning asteroid Bennu samples to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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This well-known 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid may have formed in deep-space ice, not water

Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain amino acids that may have formed in icy, radiation-filled environments rather ...
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Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...
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Here's what will happen during each phase of the Feb. 17 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse

The annular solar eclipse will see the moon cover the majority of the solar disk, surrounding it in a fiery halo.