Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
NASA's returned asteroid samples hold ingredients of life from watery world
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
Life’s building blocks discovered in asteroid dust
This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...
Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA's new discovery
The latest discovery, unveiled by the NASA on January 29, came as a bit of a surprise and posed many exciting questions such ...
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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.
Two huge asteroids set for a close encounter with Earth today—here’s what NASA says
DJ155 and 2025 BR2, are set to safely pass Earth on January 31, 2025, offering scientists a chance to study these space rocks ...
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Asteroids: Cosmic Seeds of Life Unearthed by NASA's Osiris-Rex
NASA's Osiris-Rex mission has uncovered invaluable samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing ancient salty minerals and amino ...
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It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
If you can find Earthbound asteroids in space before they find ... which was struggling to manage ballooning planetary science mission budgets, was reluctant to ask Congress for the full amount ...
DNA building blocks found in asteroids for first time
The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...
This Atari Asteroids Watch Shoots at Space Rocks to Tell the Time
The limited edition Asteroids Atari Watches in collaboration with Nubeo are battery-less timepieces that looks just like the ...
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Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...