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NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth

Dec05
by on December 5, 2018 at 1:32 pm
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NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, is latest to return asteroid samples to Earth after the Japanese Space Agency’s missions Hayabusa 1 and 2 and StarDust. The data will help unveil more about the origins of the solar system and how to protect the Earth from possible asteroid impact. The spacecraft will spend the next year completing a detailed…

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NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth

Dec05
by on December 5, 2018 at 1:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, is latest to return asteroid samples to Earth after the Japanese Space Agency’s missions Hayabusa 1 and 2 and StarDust. The data will help unveil more about the origins of the solar system and how to protect the Earth from possible asteroid impact. The spacecraft will spend the next year completing a detailed…

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NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth

Dec05
by on December 5, 2018 at 1:32 pm
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NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, is latest to return asteroid samples to Earth after the Japanese Space Agency’s missions Hayabusa 1 and 2 and StarDust. The data will help unveil more about the origins of the solar system and how to protect the Earth from possible asteroid impact. The spacecraft will spend the next year completing a detailed…

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Here’s why Knickers, the famous meme cow, is so big

Dec05
by on December 5, 2018 at 1:14 pm
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The latest internet sensation is a cow. Or more accurately a giant steer (a castrated male) by the name of Knickers. The nearly two meter-tall, 1,400kg Holstein Friesian has grown so much that he stands out like a sore thumb among his herd and has become a viral online celebrity. So why has this happened to Knickers – incidentally saving his life as his owners have decided to keep the unusual specimen back from the slaughter? There are several reasons why animals can grow to much larger sizes than we consider normal. If it’s just a single specimen, the most…

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Here’s why Knickers, the famous meme cow, is so big

Dec05
by on December 5, 2018 at 1:14 pm
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The latest internet sensation is a cow. Or more accurately a giant steer (a castrated male) by the name of Knickers. The nearly two meter-tall, 1,400kg Holstein Friesian has grown so much that he stands out like a sore thumb among his herd and has become a viral online celebrity. So why has this happened to Knickers – incidentally saving his life as his owners have decided to keep the unusual specimen back from the slaughter? There are several reasons why animals can grow to much larger sizes than we consider normal. If it’s just a single specimen, the most…

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