Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...
Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms ...
NASA Tracking Football Field-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow
WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...
Asteroid "mini moon" temporarily caught in Earth's orbit set to break free
Brian Hackney reports on the possible origins of Earth's recent "mini-moon" that is preparing to depart our orbit.
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Earth Bids Goodbye to Its ‘Mini-Moon’ as Astronomers Investigate Where Our Planet’s Asteroid Companion Came From
Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...
Earth bids farewell to 'mini moon' asteroid set for return visit in 2055
Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...
As Earth says goodbye to 'mini-moon,' asteroid's possible lunar origin revealed
Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...
Stadium-sized asteroid to pass Earth Tuesday — what do you need to know?
Lowell Observatory astronomer and asteroid expert Nick Moskovitz said we know little about this asteroid coming by so close ...
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'Fireball' meteor discovered hours before exploding above Niagara Falls was the smallest asteroid ever seen
An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...
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A sample from Ryugu asteroid is teeming with life — but it’s not aliens
A team of researchers led by Matthew Genge at Imperial College London confirmed that the asteroid has organic molecules; it confirmed that the samples actually have signs of life — but this life doesn ...
NASA Discovers Asteroid Which Can Turn Everyone on Earth into a Billionaire
NASA has identified an asteroid rich in valuable metals like gold and platinum. Named 16 Psyche, has enough resources to make ...
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Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!
Asteroid Ryugu was altered by water and contains organic molecules older than the Sun. The building blocks of RNA and Vitamin ...