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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. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be some 26 feet across.

New Scientist · 16h

Building-sized asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

Space on MSN · 1d

Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it could cause.

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Oregonian · 20h

Asteroid samples hint at how life formed on Earth, researchers say

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate and ammonia. Together, these components could have seeded Earth’s initially barren landscape to produce a habitable world.

Space on MSN · 17h

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

U.S. News & World Report · 22h

Are We All Aliens? NASA's Returned Asteroid Samples Hold the Ingredients of Life From a Watery World

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

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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 ...

MLive1h

Newly-discovered asteroid could hit Earth in 2032

NASA says there's a tiny chance it could collide with Earth, and it's much too soon to know where that impact could be.

9hon MSN

New asteroid has a chance of impacting Earth in 2032

Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...

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 ...

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth next decade

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials ...

CNET on MSN15h

Newly Discovered Asteroid Has Over 1% Chance Of Earth Impact

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

Space on MSN6d

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 ...

Metro19m

Newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth in 2032

And there’s a 1.3% chance of exactly this happening. A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22, 2032, according to Nasa. Just in time for Christmas. The space rock is ...

New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...

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