NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

NASA warns of back-to-back asteroid approaches: What to expect and what it means for Earth

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events highlight the dynamic solar system and the crucial work of tracking celestial objects.

What is 'space gum?' New analysis of Bennu asteroid yields surprising finds

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something NASA is calling "space gum?"

NASA's asteroid sample just revealed new clues to life's origins

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the c

"Space gum" and sugars discovered in asteroid Bennu samples, NASA reveals

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life developed on Earth, scientists say.

Building Blocks of Life Found on Near-Earth Asteroid Could Reveal New Clues About Life in the Universe

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early solar system. Researches have also found a mysterious ‘gum-like’ substance on the sample,
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NASA just made a major asteroid discovery that suggests alien life exists

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more realistic than ever.
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