WORD OF THE WEEK
Nov 06, 2020
2 minutes
ASTRONOMY
Nasa probe collects asteroid samples
THE Nasa space probe Osiris-Rex has managed to collect samples of an asteroid (see Word of the Week).
Osiris-Rex was launched in 2016 and arrived at the asteroid Bennu in 2018. It took two years because space objects, including planets, are millions of kilometres apart and not at all as
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