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3 Questions: The first asteroid sample returned to Earth
September 25, 2023![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/space-y-chile-composite-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
Space y Chile: communicating planetary science
February 11, 2022![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/binzel-earle-higher-res-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
Astronomer Richard Binzel retires from MIT after 33 years
February 2, 2022![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/OSIRIS-REx-touch-down-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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Q&A: Lucy mission launches to study ancient Trojan asteroids
October 18, 2021![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/asteroid_passing_earth-1-580x0-c-default.jpg)
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OSIRIS-REx finds asteroid Bennu with pieces of Vesta
September 21, 2020![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MIT-Asteroid-Defense_0-575x0-c-default.jpg)