Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
He is currently a self-funded academic visitor at UCLA. In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft ...
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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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Earth dodges ‘city-killer’ asteroid — but Nasa says the Moon might not be so lucky
Close call: Earth spared from asteroid impact, but the Moon is at risk NASA warns the asteroid now has a 1.7% chance of hitting our lunar neighbor, a major jump from previous estimates.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4: The 'potentially hazardous' asteroids that could still strike Earth according to NASA
Shockingly, experts have estimated that this asteroid has the potential to wipe out humanity. This space rock is a newer addition to the group, discovered only in 2023. After initial calculations ...
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European ...