A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
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Massive, 'potentially hazardous' asteroid due to make closest-ever approach to Earth tonight — and you can watch it live
A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium will zoom past our planet in the early hours tomorrow morning (Dec. 4) — and you can watch it live. The gigantic space rock ...
NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
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An asteroid the size of a football stadium isn’t hitting Earth, but it’ll come closer than ever: Watch live tonight
To put it in perspective, asteroid 2020 XR is about 1,200 feet in diameter, large enough to wipe out a small city. It’s designated as a “near Earth object,” or NEO, based on its size and how ...
Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
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Asteroid Bennu Is Packed with Life’s Building Blocks, New Studies Confirm
Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...
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Life's 'basic building blocks' found in asteroid samples
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
Here's how to watch it live this weekend. An enormous asteroid has just zoomed safely past Earth, but it isn't done with our planet yet. This weekend, the mountain-size space rock will peak in ...
NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients to life plus salts from an ancient water world
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
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Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week
Adding to the solar system show this week, another asteroid, known as 2020 XR, will fly by Earth at 12:27 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Significantly larger ...
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Stadium-size asteroid to make closest approach to Earth
Asteroid 2020 XR was discovered exactly four years ago, the ESA explains, though NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says it was first observed in 2013. Initially, ESA says astronomers believed it ...
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‘Building blocks of life’ found in soil taken from asteroid Ryugu
In December 2020, Hayabusa 2, an asteroid explorer operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, released from above Australia a capsule containing roughly 5.4 grams of soil and rock samples ...