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![A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and water in initial analysis of this material. The bulk of the sample is located inside.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mMxyi9Adfo6ErcNyaTqd78-320-80.jpg)
'What is that material?': Potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu stumps scientists with its odd makeup
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists found signs of organic molecules in the first samples of potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, as well as a 'head scratching' material that has yet to be identified.
![image showing the international space station orbiting above the ocean](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3qcJGuS2MirpPCdWXD5Xgi-320-80.jpg)
What is Point Nemo, the remote, watery satellite graveyard where the ISS will go to die?
By Emma Bryce published
In the furthest, deepest reaches of the ocean, there is a watery graveyard where the world's satellites and space stations go to rest.
![Mars' horizon as seen from space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mCMkNJaoCPiuyos5hNP4ac-320-80.jpg)
Eerie photo of Mars' horizon took NASA 3 months to capture
By Harry Baker published
After months of meticulous planning, NASA's Odyssey Orbiter finally captured a unique view of the Red Planet's horizon, which is similar to what future Martian astronauts might see.
![The NISAR satellite enters the thermal vacuum chamber at an ISRO facility in Bengaluru on Oct. 19. It emerged three weeks later having met all requirements of its performance under extreme temperatures and space-like vacuum.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hom5aHMHQ7j5cMYBe6umpQ-320-80.jpg)
NASA and India's debut climate satellite to launch in 2024. Here's what it'll do.
By Rahul Rao published
The NISAR satellite, a collaboration between NASA and India's space agency ISRO, will help scientists monitor how climate change is affecting Earth's varied landscapes.
![Illustration of a wooden square satellite as it orbits the earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RXXRwmqk3fnvGktkbWRVhP-320-80.jpg)
NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024. Why?
By Ben Turner published
The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.
![A dark cloud of smoke flows from a lava flow on a volcano](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3zUSUjPuSyDX3uJyc4tZF-320-80.jpg)
Russia's tallest volcano spews out 1,000-mile-long river of smoke after giant eruption, satellite images reveal
By Harry Baker published
Russia's Klyuchevskoy volcano, which is the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia, violently erupted on Nov. 1 and left behind a trail of smoke and ash that was photographed by NASA satellites.
![Any asteroid larger than 165 feet (50 m) across is capable of breaching Earth's atmosphere and striking the ground. The sun's glare could be blinding us to thousands of them.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h872vkfuPpyhSdzqNnEW9M-320-80.jpg)
'Planet killer' asteroids are hiding in the sun's glare. Can we stop them in time?
By Brandon Specktor published
In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of space telescopes could be our best defense against potential disaster.
![We see an enormous, fiery asteroid falling through Earth's atmosphere and very nearly hitting our blue planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DAuVDvrELCJP3swkSgvgkS-320-80.jpg)
Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?
By Brandon Specktor published
If a mile-wide asteroid is discovered hurtling toward Earth, our survival might depend on launching 1,000 spacecraft — or one well-placed nuke.
![This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) as NASA's Lucy Spacecraft departed the system.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eCbX46rnAhj2AjbdqWy4yH-320-80.jpg)
Newfound 'moon' around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons touching
By Joanna Thompson published
Additional images from NASA's Lucy mission reveal that the "moon" orbiting asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a contact binary, made of two smaller moons touching.
![An illustration showing a quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8PNyLTTdPbHKtteChHvLaG-320-80.jpg)
Universe's oldest X-ray-spitting quasar could reveal how the biggest black holes were born
By Robert Lea published
The newly identified quasar, observed 13.7 billion light-years away by the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, could be an example of a heavy black hole "seed" in the early universe.
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