Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
Scientists Followed 75 Meteorites and Mapped the Asteroid Belt’s Violent Origins
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
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The day of the dinosaur
They show the gritty side of dinosaur life,” Lacovara said. “Dinosaurs were authentic beings that lived under their own ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
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What meteorites tell us about their birthplace in space
Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that ... of the object — possibly as big as a football field — to determine that it will not hit. However, an impact on ...
On this day: Asteroid named in honour of pioneering Suffolk astronomer
On this day in 2023, the East Anglian Daily Times reported that an asteroid had been named in tribute to pioneering Suffolk ...