NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big SurprisesPortal origin nid: 441821Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 12:33Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes erupting from an asteroid’s surface.Portal image: Asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 19, created by combining two images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraftScience Categories: Solar System