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‘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

The Guardian - US

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.

The Independent UK

The Webb Telescope Can't Find Alien Life Until Researchers Agree On This Fundamental Component

Astronomers have long debated what kind of chemistry might serve as a bona fide alien biosignature. With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, those ideas may be put to the test.

Inverse

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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.

Evening Standard

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…

The Hindu

‘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

The Guardian - US

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.

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Chandrayaan-3 analyzes sulfur on Moon

Sulfur in soils near the Moon’s poles might help astronauts live off the land one day

Salon

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.

Evening Standard

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

NASA's first asteroid samples land in Utah desert

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.

France 24

NASA Needs To Solve One Critical Problem Before Humans Can Travel To Mars

Traveling to space poses risks to the human body. Scientists need to find solutions for these hazards before any manned missions to the red planet.

Inverse

Pragyan rover finds an unexpected surprise on the moon: sulphur | Explained

Instruments on the Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission measured sulphur in the soil, suggesting higher concentrations than expected. This could enable astronauts to live off the land and build solar cells, batteries, fertiliser and concrete from lunar resources.

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What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-Rex bring back on September 24? | Explained

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission will drop a capsule of pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert on September 24. The astro-material may provide insights into how planets formed, what materials were present in the early Solar System, and how life on the earth began. OSIRIS-Rex had to precisely choreograph a celestial…

The Hindu

No signals from Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram, Pragyan: ISRO

ISRO has not received any signals from Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, despite efforts to establish communication. Hoping for their awakening, ISRO is continuing efforts to contact them. If successful, it would be a bonus for ISRO, allowing more experiments on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 and…

Inverse

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Will Drop An Asteroid Sample Sunday — Here’s How To Track It

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

The Independent UK

UK researchers to study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of Nasa mission

The sample, which was collected as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission, will return to Earth on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?

Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere

The Hindu

Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world

Scientists have just reported some very interesting chemical traces in the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b, which is about 124 light-years from Earth

The Guardian - UK

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission: asteroid sample plummets towards Earth

Capsule will contain some of oldest materials formed in solar system

Inverse

Inside NASA’s Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission To Bring A Chunk of An Asteroid Back To Earth

On Sunday, NASA will finally witness the descent of its first asteroid sample retrieval mission.

Evening Standard

What is Nasa’s Osiris-Rex capsule and when will it land on Earth?

The capsule collected a dust sample from a distant asteroid three years ago and scientists are about to get their first chance to look at it

The Guardian - UK

Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

Inverse

The Hubble Telescope Just Captured Two Galaxies Colliding Into Each Other

The venerable space telescope is seeking out the weirdest, messiest galaxies in the universe.

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