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Scientists Studying “Trickster” Asteroid Make a Surprise Discovery Pointing to Elusive Fifth Force in Physics

Ryan Whalen·October 21, 2024

Scientists may have isolated a long sought ‘fifth force’ in physics with the help of data collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from the mysterious "trickster" asteroid Bennu.

Discovery in NASA’s OSIRIS REx Mission Samples Point to Asteroid Bennu’s Surprising Origins

Micah Hanks·June 27, 2024

Asteroid samples retrieved by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have revealed the presence of components hinting at the origins of life on Earth.

NASA Unveils Stunning Imagery and Analysis of the First Near-Earth Asteroid Samples Collected by OSIRIS-REx

Micah Hanks·October 11, 2023

The initial results of studies involving newly returned samples collected from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid were unveiled by NASA on Wednesday.

In-Depth: OSIRIS-REx Mission Achieves Historic Milestone with NASA’s Successful Delivery of Asteroid Samples to Earth

Micah Hanks·September 25, 2023

A mission to bring samples from a distant asteroid back to Earth made history on Sunday with the success of NASA's OSIRIS-Rex.

Touching a Piece of the Sky: The OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission

Avi Loeb·September 25, 2023

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, launched in 2016 towards the near-Earth asteroid named Bennu, just completed its long journey home.

Researchers have found that the surface of Bennu is getting rockier due to an erosion of space dust.

Space Dust Gives Asteroids a Rough Appearance, Latest Studies of Asteroid Bennu Show

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 18, 2022

Asteroids provide an extremely important resource for astronomers, which includes the way they help to unravel clues about...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is Headed Back to Earth With Samples From an Asteroid

Micah Hanks·May 21, 2021

After several years in space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back home with a trove of samples it collected during its historic retrieval mission.

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Scientists Studying “Trickster” Asteroid Make a Surprise Discovery Pointing to Elusive Fifth Force in Physics

Discovery in NASA’s OSIRIS REx Mission Samples Point to Asteroid Bennu’s Surprising Origins

NASA Unveils Stunning Imagery and Analysis of the First Near-Earth Asteroid Samples Collected by OSIRIS-REx

In-Depth: OSIRIS-REx Mission Achieves Historic Milestone with NASA’s Successful Delivery of Asteroid Samples to Earth

Touching a Piece of the Sky: The OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission

Space Dust Gives Asteroids a Rough Appearance, Latest Studies of Asteroid Bennu Show

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is Headed Back to Earth With Samples From an Asteroid

Pentagon, Federal Investigators Say New Jersey ‘Mystery Drones’ Remain Unidentified

Drone Incursions Over New Jersey

A Former White House Official Discusses UAP and ‘Edge Science’

New Discoveries in the Deep Ocean?

Astroculture: A Quick, But Not So-Easy Guide to Space Farming

GPT-3 May Become The AI Disinformation Machine We’ve Always Feared, Study Finds

What Makes a Meteorite Blast a Planet-Wide Killer?