Astronomers are tracking giant asteroid's chances of hitting Earth
YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...
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Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system
Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.
AI Reveals How Asteroids Brought Life’s Building Blocks to Ceres
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, holds fascinating clues about the origins of organic molecules in ou.
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 ...
NASA Tracking Three Vehicle-Sized Asteroids Nearing Earth Today
The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour.
Dwarf planet Ceres may have received organic material from space objects
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...
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NASA lets Noida teenager name an asteroid; here’s how you can do the same
Most of these celestial bodies are found orbiting around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. Vesta is the largest asteroid discovered so far. It is about 329 miles (530 ...
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Dwarf planet Ceres: Building blocks of life delivered from space
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them. In the ...
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9 stunning images of asteroids by NASA
Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost 9% of the total mass of all asteroids. Eros is famous as the first asteroid to be orbited by a spacecraft, and ...