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The Independent on MSN · 49m

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

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say.

Digital Trends · 20h

Asteroid with a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 spotted by astronomers

YR4, the asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide and is projected to come close to Earth in December 2032.

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.

NASA reveals results from asteroid Bennu's sample return

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

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.

FOX 10 Phoenix · 1d

NASA's returned asteroid samples reveal building blocks for life

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon.

UPI News on MSN · 1d

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

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...

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New Football Pitch-Sized Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart with Potential to Crash into Earth in 2032

According to scientists, the asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day and passed near around 500,000 miles.

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'New asteroid has 1% chance of hitting Earth'

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said on Wednesday. Scientists ...

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