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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu

Portal origin URL: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid BennuPortal origin nid: 465895Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 15:48Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample...

NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Stowage

Portal origin URL: NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample StowagePortal origin nid: 465872Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 11:35Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, Oct. 29, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral...

Hubble Finds ‘Greater Pumpkin’ Galaxy Pair

Portal origin URL: Hubble Finds ‘Greater Pumpkin’ Galaxy PairPortal origin nid: 465840Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Sorry Charlie Brown, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is taking a peek at what might best be described as the "Greater Pumpkin," that looks like a Halloween decoration...

Sounding Rocket to See What Keeps Intergalactic Space Sizzling

Portal origin URL: Sounding Rocket to See What Keeps Intergalactic Space Sizzling Portal origin nid: 465848Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The intergalactic medium – the stuff between the galaxies – is extremely hot, and no one knows why. The DEUCE sounding rocket will observe a nearby B-type star to...

Episode 23 - Our First Attempt to Sample Asteroid Bennu

NASA has touched the surface of asteroid Bennu to collect the agency’s first ever asteroid sample, which will one day shed new insights on the history of our solar system… so what’s next? Join NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission experts and ask them your questions! Submit them using #ToBennuAndBack and tune in today at 6:15 p.m. ET as they walk you through new images and...

Impact Craters Reveal Details of Titan's Dynamic Surface Weathering

Portal origin URL: Impact Craters Reveal Details of Titan's Dynamic Surface Weathering Portal origin nid: 465856Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 06:09Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: New research on nine craters of Saturn's largest moon provides more details about how weathering affects the evolution of the surface – and what lies...