Asteroid Bennu Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
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 ...
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'Unanticipated discovery': NASA scientists detail findings from asteroid that landed in Utah
Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...
It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
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Surprisingly salty asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...
Near-earth asteroid sample dropped off in Utah by NASA contains ingredients of life
A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, ...
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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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 ...
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Dont look up: Asteroid on collision course with Earth could level a city
It's an unwanted yuletide tiding for Christmas 2032 but stargazers are keeping a close watch on a giant asteroid measuring up to 100 metres that has Earth in its sights. Carla Mascarenhas is the ...