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.
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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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 ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...
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 ...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.
Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
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Ingredients of life from an unknown water world found in asteroid Bennu dust sample
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
Ceres’ Hidden Secrets: Unveiling a Cryovolcanic Giant in the Asteroid Belt
Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...
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Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Jan. 29, 2025 You may hear about a large asteroid headed toward Earth. Don’t panic. Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something zipping away from Earth: a rock somewhere between 130 ...