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NASA spacecraft will stow asteroid sample to stop it from leaking into space
A week after collecting a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will stow the sample to protect it from leaking into space on Tuesday. The mission team received images sent by the spacecraft last Thursday that revealed the sample collection head was full of surface material — so much so that a…… MORE
NASA mission finds water on the sunlit surface of the moon
There may be more water on the moon than previously believed, including on its sunlit surface. This water could be used as a resource during upcoming missions — like NASA’s return of humans to the lunar surface through the Artemis program. The two studies published in the journal Nature Astronomy, and researchers shared their findings…… MORE
Asteroid Bennu has been hanging out with Earth for over a million years
The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been keeping our planet company for a long time. Bennu, new research suggests, has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years. The study published Monday in the journal Nature. If this asteroid sounds familiar, it’s because the boulder-covered space rock was recently the…… MORE
US Republicans are starting to look a lot like authoritarian parties in Hungary and Turkey, study finds
The GOP is starting to look a lot like an autocratic party, a large study into political identity has found. Experts from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden said the US Republican Party had become more illiberal and populist in recent decades and that its recent retreat from democratic norms has…… MORE
October 26 coronavirus news
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Pope Francis appoints America’s first Black cardinal, Wilton Gregory
Last year, Wilton Gregory made history as Washington, DC’s first African-American archbishop. On Sunday, speaking following his Angelus prayer from St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Pope Francis tapped Gregory to become America’s first Black cardinal. Archbishop Gregory is one of 13 to be elevated to the rank at a surprise consistory, or ceremony. In…… MORE
Scotland tells families not to trick-or-treat this Halloween because of Covid-19
The Scottish government says families should celebrate Halloween at home this year instead of going trick-or-treating to minimize the spread of Covid-19. It urged people to avoid guising — or going door-to-door for treats — in a news release issued on Saturday. Deputy First Minister John Swinney said that the guidance was needed to make…… MORE
As astronomers search for exoplanets, those planets could have Earth in sight, study says
While the search for exoplanets has revealed more than 4,000 planets beyond our solar system over the last couple of decades, it begs the question of what may be looking back. That’s the question posed by two astronomers in a study published Wednesday in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. “In our search…… MORE
NASA successfully collected a sample from asteroid Bennu, but some of it is leaking into space
The historic collection of a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday was almost too successful. Some of the sample is leaking into space, according to Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson during a NASA press conference Friday. “The big concern now is that…… MORE
