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Live: Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REX Mission Approach Bennu Asteroid

The spacecraft will attempt to suck up rocks and dirt from the asteroid, which could unlock secrets of the solar system and could aid humanity's ability to divert one that might slam into Earth.

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New York Times Space

Live: Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REX Mission Approach Bennu Asteroid

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Space - The Verge

Watch as NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission attempts to grab a sample from an asteroid

This afternoon, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will grab a small sample of rocks from the surface of an asteroid named Bennu zooming through space more than 200 million miles from Earth. It's an ambitious task, but if it works, OSIRIS-REx may eventually return to Earth with the largest sample of material ...

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Space - The Verge

Watch as NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission attempts to grab a sample from an asteroid

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NASA Space Station

Veteran Space Residents Swap Command Today

Two veteran International Space Station crew members will swap command of the orbiting lab during the traditional Change of Command Ceremony this afternoon. The six-member space station crew will gather together at 4:15 p.m. EDT when Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA ceremonially hands control ...

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NASA Space Station

Veteran Space Residents Swap Command Today

Science Daily Astronomy

Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system

In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team including planetary scientists has compared the composition of the sun to the composition of the most ancient materials that formed in our solar system: refractory inclusions in unmetamorphosed meteorites.

3 hours ago

Science Daily Astronomy

Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system

Science Daily Astronomy

Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way

Astrophysicists have discovered a series of telltale shell-like formations of stars in the vicinity of the Virgo constellation, evidence of a radial merger between a dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way, and the first such 'shell structures' to be found in the Milky Way.

3 hours ago

Science Daily Astronomy

Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way

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Science Daily Astronomy

Astrophysics team lights the way for more accurate model of the universe

Scientists demonstrated the first use of a method called self-calibration to remove contamination from gravitational lensing signals. The results should lead to more accurate cosmological models of the universe.

21 hours ago

Science Daily Astronomy

Astrophysics team lights the way for more accurate model of the universe

Space - The Verge

A NASA spacecraft is poised to snag the largest sample of rocks from an asteroid ever

An artistic rendering of OSIRIS-REx about to collect a sample from an asteroid named Bennu. | Image: NASA OSIRIS-REx is about to perform its signature feat Tomorrow, a US spacecraft more than 200 million miles from Earth will sneak up to an asteroid larger than the Empire State Building and ...

1 day ago

Space - The Verge

A NASA spacecraft is poised to snag the largest sample of rocks from an asteroid ever

NASA Space Station

Crews Change Command on Tuesday; Leak Temporarily Sealed

Two veteran International Space Station residents will have a Change of Command ceremony on Tuesday before the Expedition 63 crew returns to Earth the following day. Meanwhile, the Russian portion of the crew has temporarily sealed a leak on the orbiting lab. Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA will hand ...

1 day ago

NASA Space Station

Crews Change Command on Tuesday; Leak Temporarily Sealed

Science Daily Astronomy

The Milky Way galaxy has a clumpy halo

Astronomers at the University of Iowa have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases that is continually being supplied with material ejected by birthing or dying stars. The halo also may be where matter unaccounted for since the birth of the universe may reside. Results published ...

1 day ago

Science Daily Astronomy

The Milky Way galaxy has a clumpy halo

New York Times Space

Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Launches a New Line of Business

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket hasn't flown space tourists yet, but it has found a business niche with NASA and private science experiments.

1 day ago

New York Times Space

Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Launches a New Line of Business

NASA Mars News

NASA's Perseverance Rover Bringing 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Mars

For hobbyists and makers, 3D printing expands creative possibilities; for specialized engineers, it's also key to next-generation spacecraft design.

1 day ago

NASA Mars News

NASA's Perseverance Rover Bringing 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Mars