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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
Why Earth's slowdown could be the reason for breathable air
Earth's slow rotation over billions of years may have played a crucial role in oxygenating our atmosphere. Scientists think ...
From Lava to Life: Unlocking Earth’s Oldest Mysteries
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to ...
Grand canyons on the moon? Asteroid strike billions of years ago carved out 2 massive gorges
That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
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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Our Moon Was Geologically Active Just a 'Hot Minute' Ago, Study Finds
Our planet's Moon might look dead and stagnant from our vantage point here on Earth, but a new study suggests it was moving ...
ESA's Euclid spacecraft spots 'stunning' rare Einstein Ring in far off galaxy
A European Space Agency telescope has discovered its first "extremely rare" Einstein ring in a galaxy "not too far away" ...
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Earth's Evolution Over A Period Of A Billion Years
Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...
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Asteroid Bennu holds secrets of water evaporated billions of years ago, study shocks
Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
These residual brine deposits have been compared to the salt crusts found in lakebeds on Earth. The difference is that ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...