"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...

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The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

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Imagine a rock the size of the Empire State Building screaming past Earth at 77,000 miles per hour. That’s not science fiction. That was asteroid 2001 FO32 on March 21, 2021.

NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover, there’s about a 1 percent chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will not only ...

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Picture this. You're sitting at breakfast, scrolling the news, when suddenly headlines scream that a space rock the size of a football stadium is barreling toward Earth. Your coffee goes cold. Your ...

Visitors from an asteroid or extinct comet arrive in California skies this weekend. The Geminid meteor shower peaks Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 and 14, according to the American Meteor Society, ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.