(CNN) A NASA spacecraft that took a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away now has a plan to come back home.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure to Return Bennu Sample to Earth
This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
“Leaving Bennu’s vicinity in May puts us in the ‘sweet spot,’ when the departure maneuver will consume the least amount of the spacecraft’s onboard fuel,” said Michael Moreau, OSIRIS-REx deputy project manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Space news: Asteroid 2021 AG7 set to whizz past Earth | 7NEWS.com.au
The space rock is dubbed 2021 AG7 and while it will come close, we'll all be fine, there's no chance of it hitting us.
At its closest point, it will be 11 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon - that's about 4.2 million kilometres from us.
Should I worry about an asteroid hitting Earth? - CGTN
Every so often there are reports that an asteroid is passing close to Earth, with the most recent story claiming one the size of the Eiffel Tower will be zooming past our planet. Dinosaurs also famously became extinct after an asteroid collided with our planet 66 million years ago. But what is the likelihood of it happening again?
To answer this question, CGTN Europe spoke to Doug Millard, the space curator at the Science Museum in London.
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"It may be fairly small, anything from a meter upwards, or it may be very big," he says, adding that the biggest asteroid is "about the size of the UK." These minor planets, which can also be referred to as planetoids, are normally found in the inner solar system.
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'Asteroid' 2020 SO mini-moon set to make close approach to Earth before leaving our
On December 1, Asteroid 2020 SO flew by Earth at an extremely close distance. The object came within just 13 percent of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. As it did so, it got caught in orbit around Earth, giving our planet a new 'mini-moon'.
NASA analysis revealed the 'asteroid' in question was actually a rocket booster from the launch of Surveyor 2 in 1966.
The rocket was a Centaur rocket booster, which was used to launch Surveyor 2 in what was NASA's second time landing an uncrewed machine on the Moon.
We are the asteroid! | Columns | northstarmonthly.com
"Where are these birds?" Two years ago, several Chimney Swift pairs abandoned nesting in our chimney. Over four years, Tree Swallows have not returned to our nesting boxes. For 11 years, I was assigned to conduct a nocturnal survey in Peacham and Groton to locate Whip-poor-wills. Found none. What's the story?
Climate change, urbanized habitats, toxic chemicals in the air, soil, and water, and displaced species of plants and animals (humans being the most displaced), scientists have determined that a global loss of birds has been underway since the beginning of the industrial era. Elizabeth Kolbert addressed this concern in her 2014 book "The Sixth Extinction," and in her Eddy Lecture in St. Johnsbury the same year.
Asteroid naming contest sparks discussion of women in astronomy - SpaceFlight Insider
The late astronomer Ada Carrera, who now has a near-Earth asteroid named for her. Her name selected as the winner of an asteroid-naming contest sparked an online panel discussion by the contest’s sponsors about the role of women in astronomy Credit: Unistellar
In a joint project, the SETI Institute and the company Unistellar sponsored a “ Name the Asteroid ” contest in late 2020 for near-Earth asteroid 1999 AP10, also known as Asteroid 159402, which drew over 120 entries.
Two Asteroids Bigger Than the Great Pyramid of Giza to Fly Past Earth
Two huge asteroids will sail past the Earth in the next few days, NASA data shows. Both of the space rocks are around the same size as the Empire State Building, and roughly three times larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The first of the two asteroids to fly past our planet is known as 2020 PP. It will make its closest approach on January 23 at 6:26 a.m. ET, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS.)
At this point, the object will be located around 4.3 million miles from us—which is equivalent to roughly 18 times the average distance between the Earth and the moon .
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