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This asteroid speck at the Field Museum could hold the key to life
Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...
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NASA Plucked an Asteroid From Space. Now Researchers at the Field Will Probe It for Signs of the Origin of Life
A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...
Tiny fragment of asteroid giving Field Museum scientists a glimpse 4.6 billion years into the past
The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? NASA says chances have risen
The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observations. While a moon impact wouldn't significantly alter ...
NASA Raises Odds Of City-Killer Asteroid Smashing Into The Moon
What was once dubbed a potential 'city-killer' asteroid for Earth has now had its sights redefined. New observations from ...
What is Friday the 13th? Why is the day considered unlucky? Know the history, superstitions
There's only one Friday the 13th in 2025. That's good news for people who think it's bad luck. Why the fear? What to know ...
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NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
This asteroid won't strike Earth. Here's why NASA is still watching.
After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...
Asteroids around Venus pose possible 'invisible threat' to Earth: Should you be worried?
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike the Moon: NASA’s Webb Telescope Warns
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a new update on asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing important findings that refine ...
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth?
New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.