The discovery of extraterrestrial life on asteroids or within meteorites ... In the study, "Rapid colonization of a space-returned Ryugu sample by terrestrial microorganisms," published in the ...

NASA's Eyes on Asteroids tool says the space rock, dubbed 2024 NX1, measures an average estimated diameter of 47.42 metres. As of 10.15am this morning, the asteroid was recorded to be 1.51 ...

However, there are some smaller ones too. These space rocks are called decameter asteroids, which measure just tens of meters across. The asteroids can break free from the gravitational pull of ...