asteroid - Search News

Tesla, SpaceX and Asteroid

Hosted on MSN · 21m

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, logged the discovery of an asteroid identified by an amateur astronomer. Within a day,

Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space

Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric car launched into space as payload on a rocket.

Carro e Motos on MSN · 3h

Elon Musk’s Tesla Mistaken for Near-Earth Asteroid – Here’s Why!

In 2018, during the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster into space, which later led to some confusion.

Earth, asteroid

New Scientist · 22m

Building-sized asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

Space on MSN · 1d

Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it could cause.

IFLScience on MSN · 4h

NASA Issues Statement On Newfound Asteroid With 1 Percent Chance Of Hitting Earth In 2032

NASA has issued a statement on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered asteroid with an over 1 percent chance of hitting Earth within the next decade. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile in late December last year.

NASA finds building blocks for life in Bennu asteroid sample

Space.com · 40m

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 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx that launched in 2016.

The Verge on MSN · 56m

NASA finds building blocks for life in the Bennu asteroid sample

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last September found molecules, including amino acids, which are essential ingredients of life as we know it.

Time on MSN · 1h

Asteroid Bennu Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers reveal that the samples contain precursors to life that formed in a watery environment—a watery environment very similar to the one that prevailed on Earth before life emerged up to four billion years ago.

47m

Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

19h

New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

5h

Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

3hon MSN

Dust from asteroid Bennu suggests solar system's potential for life was widespread

It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results