When rock salt is used on our sidewalks and roads, there is science happening at the molecular level. Dr. Xavier Prat-Resina ...

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In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

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