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Asteroid Ryugu Asteroid Ryugu Is Carrying All 5 DNA Building Blocks of Life. Could There Be Another Earth in the Universe?
All five of the essential building blocks of DNA and RNA, known as nucleobases, exist on the asteroid Ryugu.
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Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Test Worked Even Better Than Expected
The impact didn’t just alter the asteroid’s local orbit. It slightly shifted the entire system’s path around the Sun.
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Photo: ratpack223 / Getty Images 7 Space Objects That Could Wipe Us Out and How Close They’ve Come to Earth
Never forget we’re on a spinning rock in a sea of nothingness.
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MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Everything We Know About the Asteroid That Might Hit the Moon in 2032
A strike would release around eight megatons of energy, more than enough to make it the most energetic lunar impact ever observed by humans.
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NASA Might Have to Nuke an Asteroid To Save the Moon. Seriously.
It’s just like the 1999 film Armageddon. Except it’s not at all like that.
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Angel_nt/Getty Images A Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Is Passing Earth, and You Can Watch It Live
We’ll get a front-row seat to a skyscraper—sized asteroid when it makes its close pass on Thursday, September 18.
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Artist's rendering of the asteroid responsible for ending the dinosaur's reign over Earth. Photo: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Watch NASA’s Free Documentary About Protecting Earth From Deadly Asteroids
NASA’s got a plan for taking care of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth. Their new documentary lays it out.
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