Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our
Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our
The spacecraft, built by Maxar Space Systems, will operate its electric thrusters for the equivalent of three months between now and November to keep the mission on track for arrival
China has a space station and, in just a few short years, has landed robots on the moon and Mars. This week the country’s space agency is targeting new, far-flung
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close approach
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Asteroid 2024 YR4, deemed the riskiest asteroid on record
An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on
Scientists have warned that a newly discovered ‘city-destroying’ asteroid has a chance of smashing into Earth in the next decade. The nearly 200-foot-wide space rock, labeled 2024 YR4, has a






