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Seeing NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample up close at the Smithsonian was surreal
The museum's curator of meteorites had been dreaming of this moment for two decades.
Smithsonian debuts 1st display of asteroid Bennu sample brought back by OSIRIS-REx
A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian debuted the first display of a piece of the asteroid Bennu from the sample recently brought back by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
Surprise! Asteroid 'Dinky' is actually a double space rock, NASA's Lucy probe reveals (photo)
NASA's Lucy spacecraft just flew by its first asteroid — and discovered that the space rock has a companion.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft successfully completes 1st flyby of asteroid 'Dinky'
NASA's Lucy mission is set to visit several asteroids over 12 years, and the probe just successfully flew by target number one.
Chicxulub asteroid impact created 2-year cloud of dust that may have killed the dinosaurs
Rocks formed during the Chicxulub asteroid impact reveal fine dust particles were main drivers of the global winter which led to extinction of 75% of Earth's species.
NASA's Lucy probe will fly by asteroid 'Dinkinesh' on Nov. 1. Here's what to expect
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will make its first flyby of an asteroid, zooming past a space rock named Dinkinesh before heading to the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the most expensive materials used in science
I use moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away.
1st public exhibit of OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample to open Nov. 3 at Smithsonian
The public will get its first direct look at a fragment of the asteroid Bennu when the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History debuts its display of the NASA-returned sample on Nov. 3.
