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Comets, asteroids and meteors. What's the difference?

Video Episode | Comets, Asteroids and Meteors – What’s the Difference?

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Comets, asteroids and meteors are space phenomenon that we are lucky to observe with the naked eye often. But what is the difference between them? Find out here.

Ryugu soil samples

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are older than the planets and contain building blocks of life

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Samples returned from asteroid Ryugu are older than the planets. They are the most primitive ever analysed on Earth & give information about early solar sytem. They also contain amino acids, which are...

Composite image of asteroids Bennu and Ryugu

Video Episode 15 | Collecting Soil from Asteroids

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A new Video Episode on 2 missions Collecting Soil samples from Asteroids. The missions are called Hayabusa2 & OSIRIS REx, visiting asteroids Ryugu and Bennu.

Bringing soil samples back from asteroids

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Two missions, Hyabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, have the lofty goals of bringing back samples from two asteroids.

Mercury

Space news: Landing on an asteroid, visiting Mercury and collecting solar data

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Space News: Hyabusa was sent to Ryugu, Bepi Colombo went to Mercury and the Parker Solar Probe is orbiting the sun and sending back important data.