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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,

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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.

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A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

Asteroid Bennu Carries Most of Building Blocks of Life

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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.

Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date that such space rocks may have seeded early Earth with the raw ingredients that fostered the emergence of living organisms.

NASA Confirms Bennu Asteroid Holds Key Buildings Block To Life

A capsule carrying about a half cup of dust and rocks from an ancient asteroid named Bennu landed in the Utah desert in 2023. The samples were collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which sent a probe to rendezvous with Bennu in outer space.

Space on MSN14h

When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.

The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...

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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 ...

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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 MSN10h

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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