A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever collected. These fragments date back 4.5 billion years and contain salts, ...
‘Don’t have time’…Dire warning on ‘city-killer’ asteroid hurtling towards Earth as expert casts doubt on deflecting rock
SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect the asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...
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NASA’s Urgent 'Emergency' Move as Asteroid Threat to Earth Soars
NASA teams up with JWST to study asteroid 2024 YR4 as chances of impact rise to 1-in-43, with potential catastrophic effects.
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 ...
Scientist gives chilling update on the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards Earth - and warns NASA has left it too late to deflect it
Dr Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist and author based in London, warns that 'we might not be able to stop 2024 YR4'.
Will an asteroid hit Earth, and could it spell the end of the world?
Earth's planetary defences are facing one of their first major tests as an asteroid with about a one in 50 chance of hitting ...
Asteroid headed towards Earth might smash into the Moon, scientists say
New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted to have an increased odds of striking Earth could miss the ...
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Space in 2025: What to Expect
As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...
What we know about possible Nasa mission to ‘deflect’ asteroid heading for Earth
By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...
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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...