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Farewell, Bennu! NASA spacecraft leaves asteroid to bring pieces of space rock to Earth, ,

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NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission is hauling its space-rock bounty home. The OSIRIS-REx probe began heading for Earth today (May 10), kicking off a 1.4-billion-mile (2.3 billion kilometers) journey that will culminate with the touchdown of its sample capsule in the Utah desert in September 2023. That capsule is full of pristine material that OSIRIS-REx collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu …

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Walmart’s in-house Android TV device might only cost $30,

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Walmart appears to be getting into the streaming devices with the Onn Android TV UHD Streaming Device, according to a new listing on its website (spotted by 9to5Google). The company’s new streaming box (in this case, really more of a flattened cube) is currently listed for $29.88 but is also “out of stock” — which could be due to the …

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FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15, Nicole Wetsman

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Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can now be administered to 12- to 15-year-olds, the Food and Drug Administration announced today. Previously, the shot was authorized for people 16 years of age and older. The companies asked the FDA to expand the authorization to include the new ages in early April, …