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Asteroid 2024 YR4, over 50m in size, could hit Earth: Report
YR4 is about half the width of a football field and will pass very close to Earth on December 22, 2032, coming within ...
Will asteroid YR4 collide with Earth in December 2032?
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted an asteroid that could smash ...
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NASA DART Team Confirms Slamming Spacecraft Into Asteroids Can Deflect Them
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...
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.
NASA Tracks Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid With a 1% Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, 2024 YR4, has caught NASA’s attention due to a slight chance — just over 1% — of impacting Earth in 2032. While this sounds alarming, history shows that similar ...
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Life's key ingredients found in Bennu sample, proving asteroids can seed life on Earth and elsewhere
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
NASA scientists find 'ingredients for life' in asteroid sample
Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...
Asteroid samples reveal secrets of an ancient water world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
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Analysis of OSIRIS-REx Sample Shows Asteroid Bennu Has Ingredients for Life
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. According to the study in Nature Astronom y, the team also found 14 of the 20 ...
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...