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Dallas Morning News · 15m

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which was spotted last month and is currently heading away from Earth. NASA and the European

The New York Times · 18h

Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.

Hosted on MSN · 16h

New asteroid has a chance of impacting Earth in 2032

The odds of a recently discovered massive asteroid hitting Earth within the next seven years are shockingly not zero. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the approximately 150-foot-wide asteroid was first spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Dec.

NASA finds building blocks for life in Bennu asteroid sample

UPI News on MSN · 15h

NASA finds ‘key to life’ in Bennu asteroid samples

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

The Washington Post · 1d

Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 19h

NASA’s findings from asteroid Bennu suggest solar system could be ‘teeming with the potential for life’

The rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu hold amino acids, ammonia and other molecules essential to life on Earth, NASA reported Wednesday. The findings suggest the conditions necessary for life were widespread across the early solar system and boost the odds that life could have developed elsewhere.

5hon MSN

NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

3h

Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

1d

New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

Hosted on MSN1d

Asteroid flying close to Earth turns out to be douchebag's car

Earlier this month, astronomers at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported discovery of an asteroid passing ...

2d

Could This Asteroid Be a Lost Chunk of the Moon?

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

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