NASA, Earth and Asteroid

NASA scientists are already finding ways to make sure that the end of the world will not be caused by an asteroid.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
The origins of life on our planet remains one science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...
Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...