Newsweek on MSN6d
China Sets Up 'Planetary Defense' Unit Over 2032 Asteroid Threat
YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.
Space on MSN7d
What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Engaging articles, breathtaking images and expert knowledge Issues delivered straight to your door What would happen if Earth ...
Asteroid Bennu Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...
WPTZ Plattsburgh-Burlington on MSN16d
NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...
Popular Mechanics on MSN15d
An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
CBS News20d
NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
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I Wasn’t Expecting Tunisia’s Desert to Look Like This
Two earthquakes shook India in quick succession. The first, a 4.0 magnitude quake, occurred in Delhi and NCR at 5:36 AM.
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
The Associated Press on MSN20d
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. (NASA via AP) In this photo provided by NASA, the sample return ...
The Weather Network on MSN15d
Surprisingly salty asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...