Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms ...
NASA Tracking Football Field-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow
WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...
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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...
NASA Alert: 130-ft Asteroid 2024 WQ2 Racing Past Earth at Over 62,000 km/h – Should We Be Concerned?
NASA issues an asteroid alert for 2024 WQ2, a 130-ft asteroid racing past Earth at 62,388 km/h. No threat to Earth, but close ...
Was 'mini-moon' asteroid once part of our Moon? NASA will try to find out when it returns
Astronomers are gearing up to study an asteroid that will revisit Earth in 2025. It is about 33 feet wide and will come quite ...
NASA Discovers Asteroid That Can Make Every Person On Earth Billionaire
NASA announced its spacecraft will orbit asteroid 16 Psyche for 26 months, collecting data to uncover its history and other ...
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OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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Goodnight moon! Astronomers snap photo of Earth's departing mini-moon
2024 PT5 won't be staying away from Earth for long. According to the NASA JPL small body lookup database the asteroid will be ...
Earth's 'mini moon' set to disappear for decades as NASA outline plans
The "mini-moon measures approximately 11 meters in diameter, which is roughly the length of a London bus, 2024 PT5 has been ...
Until Then Mini Moon: Telescope Snaps Earth's Companion As It Leaves For Outer Solar System
Earth has a temporary, tiny companion. While not quite a "mini moon," since it will never be captured by Earth's gravity, ...
Scientists make embarrassing discovery on asteroid sample they thought had signs of alien life
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space ...
Scientists discover new formula to detect killer asteroids headed for Earth
Professor Noville, a Spanish scientist, has discovered a formula using the gravitational bending of light to pinpoint celestial objects including hazardous asteroids ...