Space mining without heavy machines? Microbes harvest metals from meteorites aboard space station

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

Asteroid Bennu sample finds life’s building blocks formed in space ice

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...

OTD In Space - February 9: Great Meteor Procession of 1913

On February 9, 1913, hundreds of fireball meteors rained down on North America for no apparent reason. This strange event is ...
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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

OTD in space – February 12: NEAR-Shoemaker lands on asteroid Eros

On February 12, 2001, NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid! After a five-year mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft ...

Did life begin in space even before Earth existed? Study finds ancient amino acids in asteroid Bennu

Samples from the asteroid Bennu hint that some of life’s ingredients were forming long before Earth existed. NASA’s ...
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Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

Japan startup on 3rd attempt to create artificial meteor shower from space

ALE Co., a Tokyo-based startup developing artificial meteor showers, has announced that it has launched a new satellite and ...
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Microbes extract metals from meteorite on space station in zero gravity test

Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...

Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...

Asteroid Bennu Just Changed the Origin Story of Life

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.
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An Asteroid Might Slam Into the Moon in 2032—and Create a Fiery Flash That’s Visible to Earthlings, New Research Suggests

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...