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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.

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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.

Asteroid Bennu Carries Most of Building Blocks of Life

Fast Company · 20h

NASA’s returned Bennu asteroid samples contain the building blocks for life

NASA's findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start.

NBC News on MSN · 20h

In NASA asteroid samples, scientists discover key building blocks of life

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building blocks of life like amino acids.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded

A layer of ice saved them from the depths and allowed scientists a peek into the birth of the solar system. Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu,

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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 ...

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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 Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system

In a nutshell Scientists found pristine salt minerals in asteroid Bennu samples that formed in a specific sequence as ancient ...

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February: Stargazing in Fluvanna

By Pat Beers Block Welcome Star Gazers to this month’s highlights of celestial events visible in Fluvanna County! Fun events to view in February. This month offers star gazers s ...

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A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Huge asteroid moving towards Earth, may strike India in…, its bigger than a…

According to a research by the Abu Dhabi-based International Astronomy Center (IAC), the asteroid, codenamed '2024 YR4' will ...

Exact date massive asteroid the size of London Eye could collide with Earth

NASA and other space agencies are keeping a close eye on the asteroid - which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft ...

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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

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