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Asteroids

Astronauts can look to asteroids for all-you-can-eat meals, suggests study

A chemical and physical process would break down an asteroid's material, and the resulting organic components -- hydrocarbon compounds -- would then be fed to bacteria.

04 October 2024, 05:34 IST

Astronauts can look to asteroids for all-you-can-eat meals, suggests study

Astronauts can look to asteroids for all-you-can-eat meals, suggests study

Astronauts can look to asteroids for all-you-can-eat meals, suggests study

04 October 2024, 05:34 IST

Bengaluru-based startup Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space

Pixxel Space plans to launch six hyper-spectral satellites later this year as part of its constellation to map the Earth in greater detail.

14 July 2024, 10:21 IST

Bengaluru-based startup Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space

Bengaluru-based startup Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space

Bengaluru-based startup Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space

14 July 2024, 10:21 IST

Plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth, warns NASA: Report

The distance at which 2024 LB4 is going to pass the planet is considered safe as it is almost 8 times the distance between the Earth and Moon.

15 June 2024, 06:14 IST

Plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth, warns NASA: Report

Plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth, warns NASA: Report

Plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth, warns NASA: Report

15 June 2024, 06:14 IST

Ingredients for life on Earth likely came from space

'Our key finding is that uracil and niacin, both of which are of biological significance, are indeed present in extraterrestrial environments' said a scientist

22 March 2023, 04:43 IST

Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

Ingredients for life on Earth likely came from space

22 March 2023, 04:43 IST

Why Asteroid 2023 BU's movement near Earth is exciting

That distance is just slightly farther than the distance between Perth and Sydney and is only about 1% the distance between Earth and our Moon.

28 January 2023, 09:46 IST

Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth: Here's why that's exciting

Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth: Here's why that's exciting

Why Asteroid 2023 BU's movement near Earth is exciting

28 January 2023, 09:46 IST

Asteroid strike impact 'a lot bigger than expected'

Hubble images from 22 minutes, five hours and eight hours after impact show the expanding spray of matter from where DART hit

29 September 2022, 17:32 IST

New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'

New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'

Asteroid strike impact 'a lot bigger than expected'

29 September 2022, 17:32 IST

Why NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

Tuesday's mission was the first demonstration of what future planetary defence technology might look like

27 September 2022, 15:59 IST

Explained | Why NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

Explained | Why NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

Why NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

27 September 2022, 15:59 IST

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

The discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space

22 September 2022, 20:17 IST

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

22 September 2022, 20:17 IST

Earth's water may be from asteroids: Study

To shed light on the origins of life and the formation of the universe, researchers are scrutinising material brought back to earth in 2020 from the asteroid Ryugu

16 August 2022, 07:57 IST

Space mission shows Earth's water may be from asteroids: Study

Space mission shows Earth's water may be from asteroids: Study

Earth's water may be from asteroids: Study

16 August 2022, 07:57 IST

'Asteroids may have brought key building blocks of DNA'

A recent analysis by a team of scientists at Hokkaido University in Japan, identified the final two nucleobases - cytosine and thymine - that have so far eluded scientists

27 April 2022, 09:25 IST

Asteroids may have brought key building blocks of DNA, RNA: Study

Asteroids may have brought key building blocks of DNA, RNA: Study

'Asteroids may have brought key building blocks of DNA'

27 April 2022, 09:25 IST