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Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe approach Earth tonight with free telescope livestream

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 19:11

The Virtual Telescope Project will point its telescopes towards NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Sept. 23 as it approaches Earth to return a sample of the asteroid Bennu.

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No, the OSIRIS-REx probe will not bring back asteroid space ‘germs’

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 17:11

Space germs will not piggyback on bits of Bennu that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx delivers to Earth this Sunday. Here’s why.

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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 17:11

Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.

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OSIRIS-REx probe will bring pristine asteroid samples to Earth on Sept. 24. Watch it live

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 17:11

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is set to deliver its asteroid sample to Earth on Sunday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the historic action live.

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India tries waking up Chandrayaan-3 moon lander, without success (so far)

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 04:11

The Indian Space Research Organization began attempts to wake the Chandrayaan-3 moon lander and rover from hibernation after the two-week frosty lunar night.

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Will NASA’s OSIRIS-REx stick its asteroid sample landing? Scientists are ‘very much confident’ as zero hour nears

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 04:11

Scientists with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission are confident that the planned Sept. 24 asteroid sample landing will go as planned.

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Astronauts on ISS gaze into the eye of Hurricane Nigel (photos)

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 04:11

Astronauts and satellites tracked Hurricane Nigel from space as the storm made its way across the Atlantic Ocean.

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US Space Force launch may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere

Submit on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 03:11

A rocket carrying a Space Force surveillance satellite may have created a hole in the ionosphere as it shot into space. The launch was carried out with just 27 hours’ notice, which is a new record.

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