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They weren’t just space rocks - what scientists learned from rare asteroids

The solar system contained millions of asteroids, but only a handful rewrote scientific assumptions. Objects like Apophis ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

NASA tracks ‘bus-sized’ asteroid racing toward Earth: Should we be worried?

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds of ...
Earth.com

Stardust and sugar: Asteroid Bennu sheds new light on life’s origins

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
The Washington Post

These are the asteroids that scare scientists. Are we prepared for them?

Global cooperation is, unsurprisingly for a threat that comes from the stars, essential. Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Note: The Earth, Sun and asteroids are depicted as representations, not ...

What comets and asteroids reveal about life, death, and the unknown

Life on Earth may have begun with a gift from a comet. Its existence was once threatened by an asteroid. Its future may ...

A pioneering study on the feasibility of asteroid mining

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...
Yahoo

Worried about asteroids? This is the scale NASA uses to gauge how much danger they pose.

NASA raised eyebrows earlier this month when it announced that astronomers were tracking a massive asteroid that poses a small, but troubling, chance of striking Earth in the coming years. The space ...
Newsweek

NASA Data Detects Water on Asteroids for the First Time Ever

Water has been found on the surface of two asteroids for the first time, scientists said in a new paper. Two silicate-rich asteroids were detected by the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ...
USA Today

‘Planet killer’ asteroids nearly a mile long detected after being hidden by the sun's brightness

Astronomers have detected three asteroids in close proximity to Earth, two of which pose a potential threat as "planet killers" because of their larger and hazardous size, but don't worry, says a NASA ...
Forbes

4 Large Asteroids Are Whizzing Towards Earth. Here’s What You Need To Know

Several asteroids are set to dash past Earth in the coming days, according to a list released by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, close encounters that are almost certain to pass harmlessly and come ...
The New York Times

Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them.

Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth. By Kenneth Chang Ed Lu wants to save ...