The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.
A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so ...
A planetary defense expert working for NASA warned that humanity has no defense against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that could wipe out a city.
Psyche is often said to be worth around £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 based on estimates of how much metal it may contain. This is based on its calculated size, around 226 kilometres wide, and its ...
Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...
The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin ...
A top astronomer responsible for defending the Earth against asteroids has revealed what keeps her up at night — thousands of ...
Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...
The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.
The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.