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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
At the beginning of the year, scientists at the Minor Planet Center at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car ...
The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said ...
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Musk’s space Tesla mistaken for new asteroid leading to red-faced boffins quickly ...
Scientists spotted a new asteroid—turns out it was Musk’s Tesla Roadster. Who knew space junk could be this expensive… or ...
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NASA's returned asteroid samples reveal building blocks for life
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul ...
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
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New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
2024 YR4 is a newly spotted asteroid with the potential to hit Earth ... However, “Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead to re-assignment to Level 0,” or a “No hazard ...