In the original Star Trek television series, Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise sought out M-class planets—balls of rock and metal with Earth-like atmospheres.
If everything goes as planned, the craft will orbit the asteroid, also named Psyche , for more than 2 years. Scientists said its observations will tell them more about the early days of the solar system, including the formation of Earth and the other inner planets.
NASA Scientists Got a Surprise When They Opened Up Sample of Bennu Asteroid Dust : ScienceAlert
According to a NASA blog post , the initial sample curation is going more slowly than expected, but for the most excellent of reasons: there's so much Bennu dust coating the inside of the canister and the outside of the sample collection head that disassembly is a little trickier than the team ...
NASA Predicts Asteroid With Force Of 22 Atomic Bombs Might Hit Earth In...
NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet 159 years from now.
"During the flyby, there is an extremely small chance that Bennu will pass through a "gravitational keyhole" - a region of space that would set it on just the right path to impact Earth, late in the 22nd century," NASA said .
NASA to Host Asteroid Sample Media Call; Provide Experts for Interviews - NASA
Following a public unveiling of the United States' first asteroid sample at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 11, NASA will host a media teleconference and separate in-person interviews in English and Spanish with experts from the agency and the University of Arizona.
The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) spacecraft capped its seven-year mission on Sunday, Sept. 24, with the delivery of a pristine sample of surface material from asteroid Bennu.
Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid
As a working-class youth in London, Brian May first built his own telescope. Then he built his own electric guitar. Two days after earning a bachelor's degree in physics, he was onstage with his band, opening for Pink Floyd. It was 1968.
Today May, 76, is known as one of the greatest guitarists in rock history. This month he's back on the road with the latest incarnation of Queen, the legendary band he co-founded with Roger Taylor and the late Freddie Mercury.
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