Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

Scientists used 65-year-old grasshopper collections to uncover how climate change affects insect sizes, revealing which ...

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Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

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It is located in a star system less than 20 light-years away, making it one of the closest candidates for further research.

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