Check Out This Real Image Of 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Bennu Captured From NASAâs OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft!
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If youâve been keeping up with all the latest updates around NASA, you would have already heard about asteroid Bennu by now.
NASAâs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently started its long journey back to Earth bringing along samples of the popular asteroid Bennu. NASA also recently gave us a glimpse of what asteroid Bennu really looks like with an out of the world image (pun intended) captured from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
According to NASA, the famous
asteroid Bennu has been around for a long time and has seen over 4.5 billion years of history. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey on September 11, 1999, and was named by a third-grade student named Michael Puzio in 2013 who won a contest to name the asteroid.
Third stimulus check update: House plans to approve bill with $1,400 payments Wednesday. Here’s the latest.
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., holds a news conference on the Democrats $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on March 9, 2021.
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The U.S. House is scheduled on Wednesday to clear the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they didn’t expect much dissent, even though some progressive lawmakers grumbled after the Senate tightened the income limits for the $1,400 stimulus checks, kept the extra weekly unemployment insurance payments at $300 rather than raise them to $400, and eliminated a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
4 N.J. mayors - Dems and Republicans - say we need Biden’s stimulus plan now | Opinion
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
The mayors of Parsippany and Hopatcong, Clinton and Rockaway Township, say the final passage of the American Rescue Plan is urgently needed. We know that for the families we see and talk with every day, an additional $1,400 check will mean a world of difference in paying the bills and staying above water. Above, Biden (Center R) and Vice President Kamala Harris (Center L) meet with 10 Republican senators to discuss the plan and a possible compromise. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images