Asteroid
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NASA finds asteroid Bennu ‘aged early’ by Sun
Washington: Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx have found that the Sun’s heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years, revealing that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than…
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Researchers simulate defence test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth
Washington: NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world’s first full-scale planetary defence test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving behind a relatively…
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International asteroid day
Satyen Mohapatra With the threat of asteroids always looming on mankind, the International Asteroid Day (June 30) gains importance for reminding us of asteroids and need for greater research on planetary defence.…
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe finds amino acids in asteroid samples
Tokyo: Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission, which brought to Earth samples from an asteroid in late 2020, has found more than 20 types of amino acids in it, according to Japanese space agency…
