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Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40 to 100 meters) across.

The Independent on MSN · 3h

An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit

The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says astronomer

Chron on MSN · 18h

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.

NASA finds building blocks for life in Bennu asteroid sample

Digital Trends on MSN · 55m

Building blocks of life identified in sample collected from asteroid Bennu

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Scientists studying the sample collected in 2023 from asteroid Bennu have announced a dramatic finding: they have identified the key building blocks of life within the sample.

Salon on MSN · 1h

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.

UPI News on MSN · 17h

NASA finds ‘key to life’ in Bennu asteroid samples

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

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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 ...

Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...

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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 ...

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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.

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Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Still Out In Space 7 Years Later

Musk's car was accidentally and briefly classified as an asteroid in 2025. The International Astronomical Union's Minor ...

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