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Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
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Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby

CNN  —  After successfully delivering NASA’s first asteroid sample collected in space, the OSIRIS-REx mission, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is embarking…
Massive city-wiping asteroid misses Earth
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Massive city-wiping asteroid misses Earth

The European Space Agency, (ESA), reported that a large asteroid will pass on Saturday between Earth and the Moon. The…
NASA’s DART mission successfully slams into an asteroid
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NASA’s DART mission successfully slams into an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity’s first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at…
What will be visible when the DART spacecraft crashes into a tiny asteroid
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What will be visible when the DART spacecraft crashes into a tiny asteroid

CNN – The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test aims to make history on Monday at 7:14 p.m. ET when it…
NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
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NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test…
NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
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NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

Oct 16 (Reuters) – NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, two large clusters…
Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
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Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese space agency officials were delighted Tuesday by the return of a small capsule containing asteroid soil…
International Astronomical Union names new asteroid after Egyptian scientist
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International Astronomical Union names new asteroid after Egyptian scientist

The International Astronomical Union on Saturday named a newly discovered asteroid after Egyptian scientist Farouk al-Baz, in honor of his…
Mysterious glass found in Egypt’s Western Desert
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Mysterious glass found in Egypt’s Western Desert

Mysterious glass known as Libyan Desert Glass confirmed to be created by meteorite forces almost 29 million years ago has…
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
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NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed

  A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind,…
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