Asteroid Bennu getting first visitor in billions of years
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 14:01
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An asteroid that may hold the key to life is getting its first visitor in billions of years....
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