NASA, JAXA, and the ESA are working on facilities like the ones that handle Ebola to avoid contaminating asteroid samples.

Space agencies acknowledge that asteroids could host life

High Security

Space agencies around the world are collaborating to make high-security facilities to study asteroids and Mars rocks for signs of life.

Space Agencies Acknowledge That Asteroids Could Host Life

NASA will treat Mars and asteroid samples with the same level of caution as the world's deadliest pathogens, like Ebola.

Japanese spacecraft returns asteroid samples to Earth

Your Asteroid Uber is Here

After spending more than a year studying Ryugu, an asteroid some 180 million miles away, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has returned to drop off some samples.

Japanese Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth

"We collected the treasure box. The capsule collection was perfectly done."

NASA data appears to show that giant asteroid is hollow

Giant Worm

The Bennu asteroid NASA landed a spacecraft on to collect samples is hollow and gradually falling apart. Learn more about this discovery.

NASA Data Shows Bennu Asteroid is Hollow & Crumbling | Futurism

"It's as if there is a void at its center, within which you could fit a couple of football fields."

NASA Data Appears to Show That Giant Asteroid Is Hollow

At the very least, Apophis will be visible with the naked eye.

There's a chance this giant asteroid will smash Earth in 2068

Wanna Smash?

There's a chance that giant asteroid Apophis will hit Earth in 48 years. Find out what astronomers say about the asteroid's return in 2068.

There's A Chance Apophis Asteroid Will Hit Earth in 2068 | Futurism

The probability is low, but the consequences would be catastrophic.

There’s a Chance This Giant Asteroid Will Smash Earth in 2068

The event was initially scheduled for November 2.

NASA shutting spacecraft door early to keep asteroid chunks from falling out

Leaky Collector

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is getting ready to tuck away the asteroid bits it collected on the surface of Bennu sooner than planned.

NASA Shutting Spacecraft Door Early to Keep Asteroid Chunks From Falling Out

NASA has decided to expedite the process of stowing away its "precious cargo."

NASA spacecraft grabbed too many asteroid chunks and now they're drifting into space

Rock Is Dead

OSIRIS-REx took such a big bite out of the surface of Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, it's "mouth" is jammed open, with bits of asteroid rubble falling out.

NASA Spacecraft Grabbed Too Many Asteroid Chunks and Now They’re Drifting Into Space

OSIRIS-REx bit off more than it can chew.

GLOBAL OREO VAULT – FOR ALL HUMANKIND

Don't let things like asteroid probabilities get in the way of a publicity stunt!

Oreo built a doomsday vault to protect its cookies from a harmless asteroid

Cookie Jar

Oreo launched a bizarre stunt where it built a doomsday vault to protect its cookies from an asteroid that doesn't pose a threat to Earth at all.

Oreo Built a Doomsday Vault to Protect Its Cookies From a Harmless Asteroid

Snacks for the end of days.

Watch NASA's spacecraft touch down on a tiny asteroid

Crunch

NASA has finally released footage from when its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu's surface to collect a bunch of space rocks.

Watch NASA’s Spacecraft Touch Down on a Tiny Asteroid

Boosh!

OSIRIS-REx has spent almost two years orbiting Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid 500 meters across.

For the first time in its history, NASA successfully collects sample from asteroid

Rock Scoop

For its first time, NASA has successfully collected samples from the surface of an asteroid using the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday.

For the First Time In Its History, NASA Successfully Collects Sample From Asteroid

"We did it."

"One of the driving points of this mission is that these asteroids could have delivered some of the precursor organic matter that gave rise to [life on] Earth."

NASA spacecraft finds evidence of ancient rivers on asteroid

Soggy Past

Scientists have found that asteroid Bennu's parent body, likely a proto-planet, was covered in a massive "hydrothermal system of water."

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