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Asteroid Bennu
NASA probe finds signs of water on nearby asteroid Bennu
yahoo.com - By Joey Roulette
1 / 2 NASA handout of a mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of 12 PolyCam images This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu, composed of 12 PolyCam images …
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Quickly Unveiling Bennu’s Mysteries
aviationweek.com - Dec 10, 2018 Mark Carreau | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
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Knowledge Management
You Can Beam a Message to NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft for Historic Flyby!
space.com - Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
NASA's New Horizons probe is getting set for the farthest-out flyby in history, and you can provide some words of encouragement to help the …
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Monkeys by the thousands are lording over India's ministry buildings in the capital New Delhi, snatching food, breaking power lines and even tearing up stolen government documents. Cameron Naasz and Amanda
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Sexual Harassment
It was a big week for space, and here’s how wind sounds on Mars
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ScientiFix, our weekly feature, will offer you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them. …
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Space Photos of the Week: Do You Want to Land on an Asteroid?
WIRED - Shannon Stirone
Before you head off into the great beyond, you first have to get out the door. Astronauts on the International Space Station have the benefit of …
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Asteroid Bennu
Exploring Bennu, the $670 billion asteroid headed toward Earth
thehill.com - Mark R. Whittington, opinion contributor
About a week after Mars InSight touched down on Mars, another NASA space probe, OSIRIS-REx, arrived in orbit around an asteroid headed toward Earth …
Science
A Busy Week In Space
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It’s been a busy week in spaceflight, with seven different launches planned—including a successful Soyuz mission to deliver three astronauts to the …
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Asteroid Bennu
Spacecraft encounter with asteroid Bennu is test run for defending Earth
Axios - Andrew Freedman
On Dec. 3, the NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx arrived at its destination of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. During the next year, it will orbit the …
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China
At Poland Climate Meeting, Coal Takes Center Stage
undark.org - Jane Roberts
In our weekly news roundup: U.N. climate conference, U.S. beef recall, a uterus transplant, and more. Delegates from around the globe arrived in …
Boulder
Kate Becker: Solar system gifts — still out for delivery
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Kate Becker The Visible Universe I might as well tell you now: NASA is going to be delivering its holiday gifts a little bit late this year. I know, …
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University of Florida
China to launch the first mission to the far side of the moon
Digital Trends - Dyllan Furness
China plans to launch a spacecraft to the far side of the moon this month. The Chang’e-4 spacecraft is scheduled to take off from Xichang Satellite …
The Economist
Reserve Bank of India
The first sample-return mission to an asteroid
The Economist
ANOTHER STAMP has just been added to the album of objects in the solar system visited by space probes. Bennu, pictured, is an asteroid that orbits …
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Asteroid Bennu
NASA Highlights Asteroid Bennu, Earth's Polar Ice at AGU Meeting
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec.
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Asteroid Bennu
GMS: OSIRIS-REx Mission Arrives at Asteroid Bennu
nasa.gov
OSIRIS-REx Mission Arrives at Asteroid Bennu Asteroids are the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of planet …
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Space
NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth
TNW - The Conversation
NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016.
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Asteroid Bennu
Alien STRUCTURE found on Asteroid Bennu as NASA begins historic mission
express.co.uk - By Sean Martin
On Monday December 3, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft arrived successfully at Asteroid Bennu after completing a gruelling two year journey. The …
Black-hole bounty, Ebola emergency and UK science minister resigns
nature.com - www.nature.com
The week in science: 30 November – 6 December 2018. Ebola outbreak hits bleak milestone The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the …
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Love Stories
Democrats set the stage (literally) for 2020 - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Setting the stage (literally) for 2020’s Democratic primaries The Democratic Party is expecting an unusually large number of candidates vying for the presidential nomination this election, and in preparation
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Liberal View
A 'This Week in Space' Extra—launches, launches everywhere
dailykos.com - Mark Sumner
Though reports on launches and literal out-of-this-world activities get weekly coverage in This Week in Space, enough has happened since last Saturday …
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Asteroid Bennu
Will Asteroid Bennu hit Earth and wipe out humanity?
metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill
We once told the world would end not with a bang, but with a whimper. But, let’s face it, the poet T.S. Eliot didn’t know much about the massive great …
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Asteroid Bennu
NASA engineers are nailing the landings—and the celebrations
Quartz
NASA engineers successfully guided the probe Osiris-Rex alongside the asteroid Bennu. Osiris-Rex, launched two years ago, is now traveling the same speed as the asteroid and will make several passes over
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Tuesday briefing: Tumblr is banning adult content
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Get WIRED's daily briefing in your inbox. Sign up here Tumblr is banning adult content Social blogging network Tumblr has announced that all adult …
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Child Abuse
The Morning After: Microsoft's Chromed-out browser?
Engadget - Richard Lawler
And NVIDIA's $2,500 graphics card. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. This morning, the big news is what you won't see on Tumblr soon, and the latest major data breach. Also, a new Microsoft rumor tilt
News (China)
NASA's spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu - Xinhua
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States space agency NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx rendezvoused with its targeted ancient asteroid Bennu on …
Asteroids
NASA spacecraft arrives at Bennu asteroid
csiro.au - By Andrew Warren, Glen Nagle
The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex will be in contact with the spacecraft throughout the mission. What’s OSIRIS-REx doing while it’s …
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NASA
NASA's spacecraft reaches asteroid 130 million kilometres from Earth
Sky News Australia
04/12/2018|2min After a two-year chase through the solar system, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft has reached its target asteroid 130 million kilometres …
Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS Spacecraft Reaches Asteroid Bennu to Pick Up Samples
autoevolution.com - autoevolution (Daniel Patrascu)
For the past two years, a human spacecraft by the name of OSIRIS-REx has been roaming the solar system on a mission to find an asteroid and pick a …
Asteroid Bennu
NASA Probe Arrives at Asteroid Bennu
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Dec 4, 2018 NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft has completed its …
Reuters India
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NASA flies Osiris-Rex within 12 miles of asteroid |
Reuters India - Thomson Reuters
NASA's deep space explorer Osiris-Rex has flown to within a dozen miles of its destination, a skyscraper-sized asteroid believed to hold organic compounds fundamental to life as well as the potential collide