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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
Space on MSN1d
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 ...
NASA’s asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s defense
REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...
TSO 'Dances and Dreams' will feature Osiris J. "Ozzy" Molina on Mozart's clarinet concerto
Monday's "Dances and Dreams" concert by the Symphony Orchestra features a wide range of sounds, from Mozart to a work ...
PBS6d
How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
NOLA.com6d
Sahara desert setting becomes an opulent oasis for Mardi Gras' Grand Ball of Osiris
Images of an Egyptian oasis is the scene for the Grand Ball of Osiris at the New Orleans Country Club for Mardi Gras ...
PBS13d
The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Executive Gov8d
Lockheed Demos OSIRIS 5G System Capabilities in USMC Exercise
Follow Lockheed Martin's progress on developing the 5G Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution ...
Astronomy on MSN4d
Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
The Conversation on MSN12d
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.