NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.
NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.
NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named ...
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According to NASA, an asteroid named 2024 YR 4 could hit Earth in December 2032. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet in diameter. Experts estimate that there is a 1 in 83 chance that it ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
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Identified by astronomers in August 2024 near Earth, a small space rock is likely a fragment of the moon that broke off thousands of years ago. ... Continue Reading → ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.