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Seeds of life among the stars: MIT scientists find complex carbon molecules in a distant cloud, pointing to clues to Earth’s beginnings!

This discovery supports the idea that life's building blocks were present early in the Solar System…

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4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know

NASA is tracking several asteroids that will pass near Earth in October 2024, none pose any direct …

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The Earth had a Saturn-like ring of its own once, a shocking new study has suggested

Scientists suggest Earth had a colossal ring of space debris 466 million years ago, leading to mete…

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Forget distant fly-bys of giant rocks—this plane-sized asteroid will come within 1.7 million km of Earth this week!

Come Friday, this near-Earth object will make its closest approach to our planet in a decade!

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Last week, an asteroid pair came dangerously close to Earth, posed for some pictures and left!

Both asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 came in peace and were more than happy to be papped. 2011 UL21…

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Bengaluru-based Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space

Satellites can look for ice on asteroids which can be used as fuel by splitting it into hydrogen an…

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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.

Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…

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2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.

On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…

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Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. W…

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NASA monitoring asteroids hurtling toward Earth at ferocious speeds

According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA's asteroid tracker, two a…

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Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth

It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…

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Earth is about to get a 2nd moon, for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-b…

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One of India's ancient geological features might have helped kill off the dinosaurs millions of years ago!

The Deccan Traps are a series of lava flows that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, span…

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Icy pebbles may be carrying water to developing planets across the cosmos!

Scientists, exploring the origins of water on Earth and other exoplanets, may have uncovered a prom…

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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching

NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…

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This asteroid dirt might explain the origins of life on Earth

NASA has successfully returned a 250-gram sample of dirt from a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. S…

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WATCH: Massive comet fragment blazes up in beautiful blue flames over Portugal and Spain

In Portugal, a fragment of an unidentified comet streaked through the atmosphere at a blistering 45…

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A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.

Watch live as a "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium whips past Earth to…

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Earth got its water and organic matter from asteroids, finds Japan's space probe

Water and organic matter was brought to Earth by asteroids, finds Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe. T…

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Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid may have changed its shape in addition to its trajectory, NASA scientists find

Recent research suggests that DART may have done more than just redirect Dimorphos; it might have s…