Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
The researchers believe that pockets or veins of water flowed beneath the surface of Bennu’s parent asteroid, which was probably similar to a big ball of mud in the early days of the solar ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Massive plasma eruption on the Sun shot 2.2 million miles into space
The event was captured as a solar prominence spread out from the solar ball. Solar prominences are ... We already know the dangers of a massive asteroid hitting Earth, and NASA is working to ...
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." The next stop for NASA's asteroid-hopping spacecraft ...
Woo! Science: Asteroids, satellites and a sneaky solar eclipse are what's 'up'
A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
Last year, astronomers detected the near-earth asteroid (NEA) 2024 YR4 ... thus providing insight into the early solar system. In a recent paper, researchers Adam Hibberd and Marshall Eubanks ...
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CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to ... discovering exoplanets or measuring the size ...
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NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
Asteroids—small, rocky masses left over from the formation of the solar system around 4.6 billion years ago—are found concentrated in the main asteroid belt, orbiting around the sun between ...
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NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
Asteroids are small, rocky masses left over from the formation of the solar system nearly 4.6 billion years ago. They're mostly found concentrated in the main asteroid belt, orbiting around the ...