A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest.

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An asteroid believed to be up to 700metres wide will pass relatively close to Earth within days, and is being tracked by NASA ...

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe is giving scientists an even better look at the surface of the space rock known as Bennu now that it’s moved even closer to the object. A new photo posted by ...

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Amazon has tabbed ULA to launch more than half of the planned 3,200-plus satellites for its $10 billion Project Kuiper internet constellation.