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'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says
The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024.
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Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP
Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were already scheduled to return to ...
NASA finds 'key to life' in Bennu asteroid samples
Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...
How a new NASA satellite could help solve the global temperature spike mystery
Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.
NASA asteroid alert: Three asteroids passing Earth today—one flying closer than the Moon
NASA warns of three asteroids, including a bus-sized space rock, passing close to Earth on January 30, 2025. Find out their ...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
NASA finds building blocks for life in the Bennu asteroid sample
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...
NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
The asteroid NASA landed on is carrying ingredients for DNA and RNA. It's a promising sign for prospects of alien life.
NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
Near-earth asteroid sample dropped off in Utah by NASA contains ingredients of life
A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, ...