Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid
The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening ...
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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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An asteroid with a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032 is triggering planetary defense planning
An asteroid large enough to flatten a city may be on track to crash into Earth on December 22, 2032, but the odds are very small, NASA announced Wednesday. "There should be no particular panic or ...
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Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... from a significantly sized rock ever,’ an astronomer says (NASA) “Recently-discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 may make a very close ...
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There's a 2% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it
It's enough for the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) to issue its first-ever Potential Asteroid Impact Notification. Its notification threshold is one per cent. "Hitting the one per ...
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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
Now, ever-improving technology at our ... aren't too concerned – yet – about an asteroid spotted late in 2024 that poses the single biggest impact threat to Earth in two decades.
Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.
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Near-earth asteroid sample dropped off in Utah by NASA contains ingredients of life
it's the biggest amount ever brought back from an asteroid and more than twice what NASA hoped to get. Among that half-cup of space rocks: minerals formed by ancient saltwater. This suggests that ...