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NASA | OSIRIS-REx Targets NEO
Near-Earth Objects, or NEO's, cross our planet's orbit on a regular basis, but only a handful are large enough to pose a threat. One of these objects is asteroid 1999 RQ36, a "leftover" from the formation of our solar system...
NASA
Asteroid Bennu Sample Site Finalists
Since arriving at near-Earth asteroid Bennu in December 2018, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has been studying this small world of boulders, rocks, and loose rubble - and looking for a place to touch down. The goal of OSIRIS-REx is to collect...
Astrum
What has NASA's OSIRIS-REx discovered around the asteroid Bennu?
NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?
NASA
Hubble's Scary New Halloween Image
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky Way’s own...
NASA
Hubble Spotted Something 'Scary'
A hypnotizing vortex? A peek into a witch’s cauldron? A giant space-spider web? In reality, it’s a look at the red giant star CW Leonis as photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — just in time for celebrating Halloween with creepy...
NASA
Driving a Spacecraft: Lucy Goes to Space
Discover the mysteries of the solar system through the eyes of the Lucy mission and its team members. This fourth episode features Lucy Flight Navigator Coralie Adam, who discusses how the team directs Lucy on its journey to the Trojan...
NASA
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Trip to Asteroid by Testing Solar Arrays
NASA’s Psyche mission is preparing for a 1.5 billion-mile (2.4 billion-kilometer) solar-powered trip to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. In a cleanroom at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in February 2022, twin solar arrays were...
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OSIRIS-REx Departure from Bennu Trailer
At approximately 4:16 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2021, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for seven minutes and start its long journey...
NASA
A Slingshot from Earth to Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx is NASA's mission to explore near-earth asteroid Bennu, collect a sample, and return it to Earth. To get to Bennu, however, OSIRIS-REx must first leave the plane of Earth's orbit and match the orbital tilt of its target. On...
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OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Oct. 20, 2020, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and...
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OSIRIS-REx Heads Home with Sample of Asteroid Bennu
After nearly five years in space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, 2021, at 4:23 p.m. EDT the spacecraft fired its main...
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NASA | Bennu's Journey Teaser
The solar system today is an orderly place, much quieter than it was in its turbulent youth. How did our Sun, the Earth and the planets evolve from a whirlpool of gas, dust, and fiery droplets of molten rock? To answer this question,...
NASA
Journey to Bennu Trailer
NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on a mission to explore asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx launch window opens on September 8, 2016, when the spacecraft begins its two-year journey to Bennu aboard an Atlas V...
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NASA | Swift Captures Flyby of Asteroid 2005 YU55
Asteroid 2005 YU55 whisks through the field of view of Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on Nov. 9, just hours after the space rock made its closest approach to Earth. The video plays on a background image from the Digital Sky...
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Lucy Launch Trailer
On Oct. 16, 2021, our Lucy spacecraft will begin its journey to visit a record-breaking number of asteroids. The 12-year mission starts from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it'll launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas...
Mr Henry's Music World
The Alien Jam: Recorder Notes G, A & B
Have your elementary or middle school students jam along with the Alien Jam! Notes G, A & B!
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: the Asteroid Belt
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Next Animation Studio
NASA Dawn spacecraft captures first picture of dwarf planet Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently on its way to the asteroid belt where it will eventually meet with Ceres, its largest celestial body. The dwarf planet has an average diameter of about 950 km (590 miles). Dawn captured the first image...
Next Animation Studio
NASA’s new tool for finding Earth-killing asteroids
NASA is creating the best tool for spotting an Earth-killing asteroid before it’s too late to do anything about it.
Next Animation Studio
NASA to explore a mysterious, metallic asteroid
NASA is readying for a mission that will launch in 2022 to explore the metal asteroid Psyche.
Curated Video
The Fascinating World of Comets
Learn the key characteristics of comets, including their icy composition, the formation of their tails as they approach the sun, and their historical significance. The video also highlights the role of comets in bringing water and...
Next Animation Studio
Astronomers say they might have found a new ‘minimoon’ orbiting Earth
The Earth’s busy orbit is occupied by space junk, nearly 5,000 artificial satellites, the Moon and now a possible temporary resident ‘minimoon’ called 2020 CD3.
Professor Dave Explains
‘Oumuamua: Interstellar Visitor
We know that there are lots of asteroids and comets in the solar system, and we've even landed a spacecraft on a comet, so we know a reasonable amount about these objects. However in 2017, something happened that had never happened...
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Hubble's Field Guide to Nebulae
Nebulae are some of the most resplendent objects in the universe, but it’s easy to confuse which one is an “emission nebula,” and which one is an “absorption nebula.” Thankfully, this “Field Guide” will give you a quick rundown so you...