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'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, was detected by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Dec. 27, 2024. According to researchers, it has about a 1-in-83 chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Newly Spotted Asteroid Has a Tiny Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all,

Business Insider on MSN · 10h

An asteroid with a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032 is triggering planetary defense planning

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a non-threat.

Asteroid Bennu Carries Most of Building Blocks of Life

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Near-earth asteroid sample dropped off in Utah by NASA contains ingredients of life

A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, scientists announced.

Yahoo · 8h

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.

Reuters · 13h

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.

Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

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Mystery asteroid revealed: It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster cruising through space

Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

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'Unanticipated discovery': NASA scientists detail findings from asteroid that landed in Utah

Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...

Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty nears Earth this week

A relatively small object in space, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31.

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Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

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Asteroid 2024 Pt5

Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich ...

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