An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European ...
Can ocean-floor mining oversights help regulate space debris and mining on the moon?
Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...
‘It deserves attention’: Asteroid has a shot of hitting our planet
According to Science Magazine, scientists have explained that even if the asteroid were to hit, the affected area would span about 800 square miles, meaning it’s more likely to hit a remote area.
Scientists warn that asteroid 2024YR4 has a chance of colliding with Earth—here’s what ...
Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.
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Scientists discover ancient space salts in pristine asteroid samples
Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...
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NASA Says Asteroid Soil Contains 'Building Blocks for Life'
NASA researchers have been studying rock and dust brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu. Those particles revealed ...
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.