NASA Found Something Unexpected In Its First Sample From An Asteroid
"The presence and state of phosphates, along with other elements and compounds on Bennu, suggest a watery past for the ...
NASA scientist warns 'risk of asteroid impact is real' and 'consequences are huge'
A NASA scientist has warned that "the risk of an asteroid impact is real" and the "consequences would be huge" as he urges ...
BBC4 年
Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid mission confident of success
That was Dante Lauretta's take after reviewing the first pictures to come down from Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe following its bid to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu on Tuesday. Dust and grit flew in ...
Futurism11 个月
Sample From Distant Asteroid Shows Signs of Originating on Ocean World
Ever since NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully dropped off samples taken from the asteroid Bennu in September ... world," principal investigator Dante Lauretta, a planetary science ...
THE WEEK1 年
Nasa reveals first findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life
The asteroid material "included waterlogged clay ... clay minerals are just the tip of the cosmic iceberg," said Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator of the mission at the University of ...
朝日新聞社1 年
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space ... the real science is just beginning," said the mission’s lead scientist, Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona.
BBC4 年
Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe risks losing asteroid sample after door jams
Bennu - the asteroid could hold clues as to how the ... the required collected mass is seen escaping," head of mission Dante Lauretta said. The craft is believed to have collected some 400g ...
Business Insider India4 年
NASA's asteroid-blasting spacecraft has stored over 2 pounds of alien dust and rock to ...
"I am extremely happy with the sample that we've collected," Dante Lauretta, the Osiris-Rex mission ... stashed at least 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of asteroid dust, also called regolith, he added.
MercoPress4 年
NASA feat: spacecraft grabs a sample of rocks from an asteroid and begins to send back images
“Everything went just exactly perfect,” Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal ... “We have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us, and the spacecraft appears ...
BGR5 年
NASA’s probe spots asteroid spewing chunks of itself into space
The asteroid seemed to be flinging pieces of ... months investigating this mystery,” principal investigator Dante Lauretta explains. “This is a great opportunity to expand our knowledge ...
Business Today6 个月
'A world with water': NASA scientists race to identify asteroid Bennu's planet of origin
The phosphate's purity and grain size are unprecedented in any meteorite sample, distinguishing it from similar findings in other asteroid samples. Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for ...