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Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for 1st time
"Asteroids are leftovers from the planetary formation process, so their compositions vary depending on where they formed in the solar nebula," said...
NASA spacecraft successfully stows asteroid sample
30 Oct 2020 2:46 PM ISTNASA on Friday said that its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has completed the most challenging phases of its mission after it successfully stowed samples of...
Massive asteroid 'Apophis' may hit Earth in 2068
10 Nov 2020 12:33 AM ISTAstronomers have revealed that large asteroid named 'Apophis' expected to pass extremely close or may hit the Earth in 2068 due to a phenomenon called...
Japan’s Hayabusa2 carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australian outback
6 Dec 2020 4:11 PM ISTJapan has retrieved a capsule of asteroid dust from Australia’s remote outback after a six-year mission that may help uncover more about the origins...
Japan Retrieves Asteroid Samples in Hunt for Origins of Planets
7 Dec 2020 2:08 PM ISTA helicopter flew the capsule from the unmanned craft, containing the first extensive samples of asteroid dust, from the landing site in Australia’s...
Outer space just got a little brighter than usual
9 Dec 2020 12:43 AM ISTThe universe is a shade too bright. That might be the last news you expected to hear toward the darkening end of a dark year. But that is what a band...
Indian Students Discover 18 New Asteroids as Part of a Global Science...
1 March 2021 10:45 AM ISTThe International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation that assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed...
Biggest asteroid to pass by Earth this year comes closest
21 March 2021 9:22 PM ISTThe largest asteroid to visit Earth in 2021 is passing by our planet on Sunday at a speed of about 124,000 kph.