OSIRIS-REx Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago OSIRIS-REx is now going to go asteroid hopping to the space rock that once threatened Earth Yes, that asteroid. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago UPDATE: Incredible footage of OSIRIS-REx tagging an asteroid By Phil Plait 1 year ago UPDATE: The Bennu asteroid sample collection was successful! Almost *too* successful By Phil Plait 1 year ago BOOP! NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx pokes an asteroid and collects the debris By Phil Plait 1 year ago How life spawned on Earth (and maybe elsewhere) might be just one of the secrets asteroid Bennu is hiding By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago Birds and creation on the asteroid Bennu… and why we name names By Phil Plait 2 years ago OSIRIS-REx sees Earth from 100 million kilometers away By Phil Plait 2 years ago On the asteroid Bennu, how much you weigh depends on where you are By Phil Plait 2 years ago Bennu: The moody face of a rubble pile asteroid… that's spitting rocks in space. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Load More
Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
OSIRIS-REx is now going to go asteroid hopping to the space rock that once threatened Earth Yes, that asteroid. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago
UPDATE: The Bennu asteroid sample collection was successful! Almost *too* successful By Phil Plait 1 year ago
How life spawned on Earth (and maybe elsewhere) might be just one of the secrets asteroid Bennu is hiding By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
Bennu: The moody face of a rubble pile asteroid… that's spitting rocks in space. By Phil Plait 2 years ago