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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.

Austin American-Statesman · 1h

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.

Daily Mail on MSN · 27m

Chances of 'city-destroying' asteroid hitting Earth have increased

Study confirms asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of lifeThe odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid smashing into the Earth on December 22, 2032 appear to have ticked up slightly.NASA previously estimated that Asteroid 2024 YR4,

NASA finds building blocks for life in Bennu asteroid sample

CBS News · 1d

NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.

Reuters · 23h

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.

BBC · 2d

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

2don MSN

Newly Discovered Asteroid Has a 1.2 Percent Earth Impact Risk

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

Will asteroid YR4 collide with Earth in December 2032?

Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted an asteroid that could smash ...

NASA Tracks Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid With a 1% Chance of Earth Impact in 2032

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, 2024 YR4, has caught NASA’s attention due to a slight chance — just over 1% — of impacting Earth in 2032. While this sounds alarming, history shows that similar ...

Scientific American5h

How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

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