An asteroid with a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032 is triggering planetary defense planning
YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...
Agencies plan for near-Earth asteroid’s close encounter in 2032
Astronomers confirmed the object as a near-Earth asteroid, and catalogued it as 2024 YR4. But additional calculations soon ...
Everyone’s talking about a new asteroid heading towards Earth, but is it a threat?
Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...
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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...
Building blocks of life identified in sample collected from asteroid Bennu
A sample collected from asteroid Bennu shows that our solar system was teeming with the potential for life.The Latest Tech ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit
The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...
Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu
The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal ...
Asteroid samples reveal secrets of an ancient water world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
Samples recovered from billions-year-old asteroid could shine light on the start of life on Earth
NASA scientists have discovered organic content in the samples recovered from the asteroid Bennu, which points back to the ...
World's Space Agencies Say Asteroid Has 1.3% Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032
The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance it will hit our planet in the next eight years. Asteroid 2024 YR4, as it's ...