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NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu

For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space. The agency's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spiraled down to the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu this afternoon (Oct. 20) to grab material that ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx will play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu to collect samples today. But will it succeed?

After more than a year of carefully mapping asteroid Bennu, a NASA spacecraft will attempt an historic "touch and go" to nab a precious sample of dirt to return to Earth. But we won't know if it fully succeeded for another 10 days, NASA officials said in a news ...

SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight

SpaceX's next-gen Starship vehicle just took a big step toward its next milestone leap. Early this morning (Oct. 20), SpaceX lit up the three Raptor engines on its SN8 ("Serial No. 8") Starship prototype in a brief "static fire" test at the company's South Texas site, ...

Live: NASA's OSIRIS-REX Mission Approaches Bennu Asteroid

The New York Times

The New York Times

On Tuesday, a NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REX, will attempt to briefly touch an asteroid, Bennu, and suck up some rocks and dirt. If it succeeds, it will bring those materials back to Earth for closer study, potentially unlocking secrets to what the solar system was ...

NASA mission will touch down on asteroid Bennu today

(CNN) After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is ready to reach out its robotic arm and collect a sample from the asteroid's surface on Tuesday. That sample will be returned to Earth in 2023. A van-size ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here's how to see it.

The meteor shower gets its name from its radiant, which is the point in the sky from which the streaks appear to emanate. The Orionid radiant is located near the constellation Orion, the hunter, next to the warrior's lifted arm.

Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way

Nearly 3 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy plunged into the center of the Milky Way and was ripped apart by the gravitational forces of the collision. Astrophysicists announced today that the merger produced a series of telltale shell-like formations of stars in the ...

Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn

Livescience.com

Livescience.com

A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within the next 12 months. A group of scientists warned of the prospects of ...

What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience

It was raining iguanas on a sunny morning. Biologist James Stroud's phone started buzzing early on Jan. 22. A friend who was bicycling to work past the white sands and palm tree edges of Key Biscayne, an island town south of Miami, sent Stroud a picture of ...

Orionid meteor shower peaks this week

(CNN) The Orionid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours of October 21, sprinkling remnants of Halley's Comet in Earth's atmosphere to create a dazzling display. The moon's faint waxing crescent phase will allow for optimal viewing. And if you ...