It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Life’s building blocks discovered in asteroid dust
This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...
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The Asteroid That Could Wipe Out Civilization
Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...
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 ...
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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Asteroid-Seeking Spacecraft Snaps Poignant Views Of Earth
NASA’s original Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission launched in 2021. It had a science fiction concept: to crash into an asteroid to see if it could alter the path of a space rock.