Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
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Life's 'Basic Building Blocks' Found In Asteroid Samples
The findings suggest Bennu's parent was once home to pockets of liquid water. When these evaporated, they left behind a ...
And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples
In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...
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‘Truly unusual’ fossil discovery shows us what fish ate 66 million years ago
The find was made by an amateur fossil hunter on the Cliffs of Stevns, which offers “exceptional evidence” of the meteorite impact on Earth about 65 million years ago that brought an end to the era of ...
NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
NASA Discovers 'Building Blocks Of Life' In Samples Of Asteroid Bennu
Scientists have analysed samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing components that could be key to understanding how life began ...
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New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
filled with objects that could pose as existential a threat to humankind as another asteroid did the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. That’s why NASA demonstrated the ability to redirect an ...