{"id":509273,"date":"2026-07-04T09:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509273\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:40:14","slug":"study-explains-how-asteroids-may-have-sparked-life-on-earth-nasa-spots-peanut-shaped-asteroid-in-space-inshorts-inshorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509273\/","title":{"rendered":"Study explains how asteroids may have sparked life on Earth | NASA spots peanut-shaped asteroid in space | Inshorts &#8211; Inshorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQU1JZTm5nMFdnOEduR1g5WDA4VlpJdTFpU2dpOHpQdlFUYm1vZVlkS1dmektVcVQxTjEwZVVGYmNzbzhIMnJOenpaZVh2c1hJX3ZhTDh6bk5icC1VcVdOd2pVWHhwRnRUX0lIQVlSbzhPODlaajN2X0lTS1Nfb3A4MW9DWkprZkVraEw3YnRYcEVCOGxhN0tPcExMNlJDclN2RUJqNtIBqgFBVV95cUxNOE9fTm8wUUJrZjEtMHVEeFBTclg4Z3dkNnZnX2FQalJIWDQ0UTg2S2VQNWF0VnI1WUhsTGlMLVQzZE5HY1Q5ekZtZVRrLUItUjJsTmdfWm1pU2pHbDBqd3dOZmZDUElmM2Ntb256VDh5ZlJDek9OVG9QeDVMNFFRcXZZT1R1Y1Rvcy04RGdrSnpkYTdoeDlSaklTaGVadEFyUWVZWjJPekI3dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Study explains how asteroids may have sparked life on Earth | NASA spots peanut-shaped asteroid in space | Inshorts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inshorts<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1GRnZuQkthMGF0RVNDcm1Za1k1eEYtSGJuekNDNHhlWDIyN0lhZUgtbmFxSDczUUNyYkZVRnRLaHE4NThxNWhzNzdUTkd4aUFRUkl0QW5vYTExS3A2SWFxMGp2eWdmYkdmd3NZMEk5SQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceDaily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxOQVBNT2RiVnNxUWx6bWxIMDY1UndOc1RueWlqWDVZY1BfWGUxellyWXdOeUVxZ1dNYTZmekNpR2pWNlVCbmtwTzFkVWFGT1JyX3BKa2U2aDVkSk44UGFjR1FhY20yMTVCelZtelFGM0psUldIaDJoazRiVTZiLTVRR3FlemFYLTlPX2szX25ILWlrbm9DcGfSAZsBQVVfeXFMT01yY25uZWpXQzh5dzdXLVhfS01NMUZ3WFd4a1JEQjNUdUFCLWpFS1pxenVxekpkbGNheHdjVHVYb1ZOSE9mUU9hS2NEZzVRRlgxcnJFMWprMEpXSk41UDhQaTNQMGJFcEZ0a1lPM2g3bDd6UnVZU01KVU9fMzFSRUppcmdfbFVJdmFSQjZ4V1ZxVjg1X3BBeEVweUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Asteroid Impacts May Have Sparked Life on Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;inkorr.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNbWJjMENiZzhtcFkxNzRSYjRVYnM5QnhWWk5JVndlYzllX1E3UC1GMkgwdVFrMGQya0ZDSzQ1NVJzRU9fX3dQOU9uUTJadUpYc2JING12MWxyTlZ5NTBIZlloaFpiTFNCdGhDOHgwdEswZ3o4UWxfNU80a0NfaFl5bzhmU3pMLW5OYWlUVzk3SElHVGhVemZqc1YxYkRBTUdMRkMybkViVnBpaDY3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why was the early Earth so hot? The heat wasn\u2019t just coming from the inside<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Study explains how asteroids may have sparked life on Earth | NASA spots peanut-shaped asteroid in space |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[17228,251,47,2580,784,3146,37119,305,1258,424,256,111,43,2577,139,69,147,392,8214,383,2579,2578,2576],"class_list":["post-509273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-asteroids","tag-breaking-news","tag-current-affairs","tag-current-news","tag-daily-news","tag-earth","tag-explains","tag-have","tag-latest-news","tag-life","tag-local-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-news-online","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space","tag-sparked","tag-study","tag-2579","tag-2578","tag-2576"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}