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NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.
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Molecules From Space May Have Sparked Life on Earth Billions of Years Ago
Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...
NASA’s Lucy Gears Up for a Thrilling Close Encounter With a Mysterious Space Relic
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
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Dangerous Asteroid That Might Hit The Moon Has A Very Unusual Origin
Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...
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Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
So, the OSIRIS‑REx mission ventured to the asteroid Bennu to retrieve an unaltered ... Similarly, Hayabusa2’s journey to the asteroid Ryugu provided pristine samples of another, similarly ...
The Japan Times15d
Japan researchers rapidly identify rocks on asteroids using AI
A University of Tokyo team achieved the feat with an AI-based rock identification tool that was fed information on rocks on Earth and other celestial bodies.