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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 ...
There's Something Special About Meteors That Collide With Earth
Much of what scientists know about the early Solar System comes from meteorites – ancient rocks that travel through space and ...
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SwRI-led Lucy mission survey of main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson imminent
The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...
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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 ... likely gets broken down through heat stress when its orbit takes it close to the Sun.
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Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
Carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid Bennu as seen from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx ... likely gets broken down through heat stress when its orbit takes it close to the Sun. As carbonaceous chondrites orbit ...
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Scientists May Finally Have Answered Why The Most Important Meteorites Are So Rare
The type of meteorites that could have been crucial to the origins of life are very rare, but the asteroids they come from are common. Astronomers have long had an explanation for this paradox, but ...