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Earth, Asteroid and NASA

NASA Monitoring 39-Foot Asteroid Nearing Earth

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," astronomer Jay Tate said.

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Footage captures incredible moment asteroid crashes into Earth's atmosphere after NASA warning

An asteroid produced a 'harmless fireball' in the skies over Siberia with videos of the event shared to social media.

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Asteroid on 'collision course with' Earth burns up above far northeastern Russia

A small asteroid sped toward Earth before burning out above far northeastern Russia on Tuesday night, sparking a natural light show for residents in that remote corner of the planet, officials said.

NASA, Earth and comet

Newsweek on MSN · 14h

NASA Reveals Jupiter Comets May Have Brought Water to Earth

Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with water.

Interesting Engineering on MSN · 1d

Jupiter comet’s water matches Earth’s oceans, may have brought water to globe: NASA

Comet 67P's water has the same molecular signature as Earth's oceans, suggesting it may have contributed to Earth's water supply.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans

Scientists say cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets as potential sources of water for early Earth.

Asteroid lights up Russian sky, producing a fireball

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Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope” and that the “impact prediction” was made by the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

NBC News · 1d

Asteroid lights up the Russian sky, producing a fireball

According to officials, an asteroid lit up the sky in Russia, near the far eastern region of Yakutia. It produced a fireball before burning up in the atmosphere.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Falling Asteroid Lights up Sky in Russia's Remote Yakutia

An asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, producing a fireball before likely burning up in the atmosphere, officials and scientists said. The emergencies ministry in Yakutia said all official bodies had been placed on alert as the asteroid approached but that no damage had been reported after its descent.

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NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects—some of which could strike the ...

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Earth to Noelle: Bellevue student recounts NASA space adventure

She was one of eight students to join the 2024 SpaceKids Press Squad. Noelle and the other students visited Blue Origin’s Rocket Park, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, received press training from a ...

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Unlocking Earth’s Energy Balance: NASA’s CubeSats Explore Polar Heat Loss

NASA's PREFIRE mission uses two small CubeSats to measure far-infrared radiation emitted by Earth's polar regions, offering ...

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NASA Found Another Super Earth With Tantalizing Possibilities

NASA is always on the hunt for planets like our own, and recently found a new super-Earth by the name of TOI-715b. The planet is larger than our own, but it’s position and makeup mean that it ...

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Nasa's Artemis spacecraft arrives at the Moon

As the signal returned, the spacecraft sent back an image of the Earth. Nasa says so far the mission has "exceeded expectations" since last week's launch. WATCH: Can you see Snoopy moving around ...