The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
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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.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of ...
The latest asteroid to pass by the Earth will be back in a few years — it's not coming for us, but it may be on a collision ...
A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...
On February 12, 2001, NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid! After a five-year mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft touched down on the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...
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