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New data about asteroid surfaces will help explorers touchdown safely – Mirage News
Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers are improving the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids. Recent…
Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers are improving the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids.
Recent NASA missions to asteroids have gathered important data about the early evolution of our Solar System, planet formation, and how life may have originated on Earth. These missions also provide crucial information about how to deflect asteroids that could hit Earth.
Missions like the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu and Japan’s Hayabusa 2 m…
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