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![Small rocks and dust from an asteroid, outside a round sample collection device in a NASA lab.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nasa-image-de96f8cee2df510c0577d10fb0eb330566a7a3dc-e1697145375382-900x422.jpg)
Take a peek at what NASA brought back from an asteroid
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — NASA has shared its first glimpse of the black rocks and dust brought back from an asteroid, but the bulk of the material remains locked inside a… Read More
![The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on its way to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it launched in September, 2016](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ksc-20160829-ph_dng01_0018_large1-b0e93bf3d22a9d3fdf6b35a8521cd85b243d6b84-e1603153571257-900x422.jpg)
If This NASA Spacecraft Can Avoid ‘Mount Doom,’ It Might Nab A Bit of Asteroid
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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NASA is getting ready to collect its first sample from an asteroid ever. The rocks and dust could help us understand potentially dangerous space rocks and the history of the solar system.
![A stripe of red dots shows the "risk corridor" for a hypothetical asteroid strike, part of an exercise held by planetary defense experts in which they analyze data about a fictional asteroid this week.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019pdc_rc1-155cfcbcf391c27f25b9068176ffee8c1794a51d-e1556568408502-900x422.jpg)
This Week, NASA Is Pretending An Asteroid Is On Its Way To Smack The Earth
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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A fictitious asteroid is the focus of a realistic exercise, as experts at the Planetary Defense Conference run through how the Earth would respond to news of a looming asteroid strike.