Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu
Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...
NASA scientists want to solve a mystery: Why did life "turn left?"
When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Iron is a key nutrient for algae, but in areas such as the Southern Ocean and the eastern tropical Pacific, the mineral is not available in abundance. But if the iron content in Bennu is high and ...
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NASA scientists want to solve a mystery: Why did life "turn left?"
Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens ... and right-handed versions of all these molecules are equally available in nonliving chemical mixes. Practically speaking, if ...