Briny Traces in NASA’s Asteroid Sample Hold Clues to the Chemistry of Life
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
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An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
Odds are a funny thing. 1-in-100, for example, sounds like a long shot—until you find out it’s the chance that an asteroid will impact Earth. In a surprising—but not definitive—turn of ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than an atomic bomb has triggered global space agency alarms. The odds that the space rock dubbed Y4, which is nearly ...
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How do we stop an asteroid? From emergency space missions to mass evacuations, it’s all on the table
It’s a question made somewhat more pressing by the revelation this week that a Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid might smash into our planet in 2032. In all likelihood, the asteroid will miss ...
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NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
In 2023, samples from the asteroid Benu were returned to Earth for scientists to study. Researchers have spent more than *** year studying the hall of pebbles and dust. It was the biggest hall yet ...