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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 15h

Astronomers Discover an Asteroid With a 1.6 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic

NASA has identified an asteroid with a more than 1 percent chance of striking Earth in December 2032, per a statement released by the agency this week. While the identification has triggered international planetary defense measures,

YAHOO!News · 19h

Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.

The New York Times · 2d

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.

Asteroid Bennu Carries Most of Building Blocks of Life

CNN on MSN · 2d

Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu

The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy. The research gives new insight into how life originated on Earth and where we might find it elsewhere in the universe.

Hosted on MSN · 23h

Scientists discover traces of life in NASA asteroid samples

Scientists have discovered traces of organic compounds in asteroid samples brought back by NASA, a finding that could suggest essential building blocks of life were distributed throughout the solar system.

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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

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Science news this week: Doomsday predictions and asteroid secrets

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

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ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth

The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found ...

Live Science on MSN1d

Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...

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Everyone’s talking about a new asteroid heading towards Earth, but is it a threat?

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...

Space on MSN21h

Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month

AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin, which is set to ...

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NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the ...

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