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Origins of Water on Earth May Not Have Started with an Asteroid Impact
The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to ...
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Meteorite and asteroid impact craters found on Earth
Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...
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The Asteroid That Was Predicted to Hit Earth: See It in a New Image
A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
NASA Tracking Building-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...
An asteroid nearly the size of Qutub Minar to pass by Earth today warns NASA: Should we be worried?
An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not ...
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...
How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...
NASA alert! A massive 370-ft asteroid as big as a 35-storey building set to pass Earth – know more about the speed and time
Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of ...
‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
Historical first: Scientists discover the ingredients of life on asteroid
Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...