Asteroid Impacts Could Launch Living Microbes From Mars

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life ...

Life forms can planet hop on asteroid debris—and survive

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Threat: Could thousands of undetected space rocks hit Earth? Here’s what’s keeping NASA Scientists awake at night

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

Earth has no way to stop ‘city killer’ asteroids, NASA chief warns

( NewsNation) — A NASA scientist is warning that Earth currently has no reliable way to stop thousands of so-called ...
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Building-sized asteroid may strike the Moon in 2032

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

NASA's biggest asteroid threat: The asteroids NASA can’t see and why they’re the ones that worry scientists most

NASA's top planetary defense expert reveals the biggest threat isn't Hollywood-style doomsday rocks, but undiscovered ...
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NASA Says It Cannot Stop 15,000 Undetected Asteroids Coming Toward Earth

NASA planetary defense experts warn that up to 15,000 undetected asteroids could devastate a major city on Earth.
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NASA warns of 15,000 city-killer asteroids near Earth

Imagine a rock the size of a football stadium hurtling through space at thousands of miles per hour, heading straight for a major city, and we have no way to stop it. NASA has just issued a sobering ...
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China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid

China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is operating normally on its ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks.