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NASA Seeks $1 Billion Space Tug To Safely Deorbit International Space Station

Space agency releases request for proposal for a new spacecraft design or modification

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This Martian Mesa Was Once The Center Of Alien Conspiracy Theories — The Real Answer Is Weirder

There's no face on Mars, but the psychology behind the optical illusion may also have helped humans become artists.

Inverse

Robotics hub could enable self-driving cars and rovers

Advanced technology including autonomous cars, moon rovers, flying taxis and marine vessels could benefit from advances created in a new Sydney facility.

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Antarctic sea ice hits ‘record-smashing’ low coverage area, new data show

Concerns that world is experiencing start of a long-term trend of decline in Antarctic sea ice.

Al Jazeera

7 years, billions of kilometres, a handful of dust: NASA just brought back the largest-ever asteroid sample

After a journey of billions of kilometres, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has culminated in a small black capsule blazing through the sky before touching down in the Utah desert.

The Conversation

We Asked This Army Major And Astronaut For Career Advice

We could all learn a thing or two about career satisfaction — and success — from Maj. Rubins. She sat down with Inverse to share her best advice for establishing and sustaining a career you love. Here’s what we learned.

Inverse

Scientists hail pioneering software in hunt for alien life

Researchers hope to analyse materials from Mars using program that can detect ‘biosignatures’ of other life forms

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New Study Suggests Earth’s Electrons Contribute To Water Formation On Moon

Discovery sheds light on origin and distribution of water ice in moon's shaded regions

Zenger

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Just Dropped Samples of Asteroid Bennu To Earth — Here’s Why They Are So Important

But like a college kid dropping off their laundry, the spaceship was just passing through on its way to another adventure.

Inverse

OPINION - What’s next for Nasa’s Bennu asteroid samples?: Tech and Science Daily podcast

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission has successfully landed the largest asteroid sample ever collected back on Earth - now for the much-anticipated analysis.

Evening Standard

Up First briefing: Hollywood writers deal, NASA asteroid sample, pickleball caucus

Hollywood writers reached a tentative deal with major studios. NASA scientists are celebrating the successful landing of an asteroid sample. A pickleball caucus is uniting senators across parties.

WEKU

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has delivered an asteroid sample on Earth. What next?

Scientists will analyse the asteroid sample to investigate the origins of life on Earth.

Al Jazeera

Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space

Tech companies see big benefits in making drugs, harvesting stem cells and growing crystals in ‘off-Earth’ conditions

The Guardian - US

‘Like a dream’: successful return of Nasa capsule with asteroid sample hailed

Return of the largest asteroid sample ever to be recovered marks the culmination of a seven-year journey

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The Independent UK

Sir Brian May praises Osiris-Rex team as asteroid samples land on Earth

Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Sir Brian aided the mission by helping to identify where Osiris-Rex could grab a sample from the asteroid.

Evening Standard

Nasa’s largest asteroid samples land on Earth as UK helps with research

A Nasa capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid has returned to Earth.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Nasa spacecraft returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample in history

Watch live as a Nasa spacecraft returns to Earth with the largest asteroid sample in history on Sunday 24 September.

The Hindu

NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission to collect asteroid samples from Bennu culminates September 24 with a soft landing in Utah. The samples will provide insight into the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. The capsule will be airlifted to a clean room and the sample sent to mission…

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The Guardian - US

‘A treasure for scientific analysis’: Nasa holds Bennu asteroid sample press conference – as it happened

The blog is now closed, but you can read the full story about the successful Osiris-Rex sample touchdown here

WEKU

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

The Hindu

Science This Week | NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to bring back asteroid fragments, no signals from Vikram and Pragyan and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

The Independent UK

NASA's first asteroid samples streaking toward Earth after release from spacecraft

A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples is streaking toward a touchdown in the Utah desert

Evening Standard

Nasa to return largest asteroid sample ever as UK helps with research

A capsule of material collected from asteroid Bennu is expected to land at 3.55pm BST on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to bring samples of asteroid Bennu to Earth: What to know

NASA’s first US mission to collect an asteroid sample is returning with a sample from asteroid Bennu.

The Independent UK

What is Nasa’s Osiris Rex space mission?

The US space agency will bring home the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth on Sunday.

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