NASA, Earth and asteroid

NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening objects — spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
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 Laboratory to be some 26 feet across.
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.For 2024 YR4, the explosion from an airburst would equal around eight megatons of TNT -- more than 500 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.
Building-Sized Asteroid Has A Small Chance Of Hitting Earth
A building-sized asteroid has a 1.3% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. Though the chance is small, it has activated a global defense strategy. The asteroid ranks a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale.
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.
NASA shares important message as 'city-destroying' asteroid could hit Earth within 10 years
A NASA director has shared a very important message after it emerged a 'city-destroying' asteroid could hit Planet Earth within the next 10 years. The asteroid is called 2024 YR4 and it was found by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System - it has about a one-in-83 chance of hitting our planet in 2032,
Fears 'football pitch-sized' asteroid could collide with Earth in 2032
A newly identified asteroid, measuring between 40 and 100 metres wide, has been placed at the top of the asteroid risk list.
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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 ...
Harvard astronomers mistake Elon Musk's car for an asteroid
However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...
Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
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 ...
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Life’s ingredients discovered in samples Nasa probe returned from an asteroid
Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...
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Jupiter News
an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed ... Aug. 22, 2024 ...
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
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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 ...