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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth

Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.

The New York Times · 1d

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.

CNET on MSN · 1d

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 2032.

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The Salt Lake Tribune · 7h

Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

Discover Magazine · 1d

Basic Building Blocks of Life Found on Asteroid Bennu

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1d

Bennu Asteroid Contains Material Needed for Life, NASA Mission Finds

The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

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Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

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Bennu Asteroid Sample Reveals Organic Compounds That May Hint at Life Beyond Earth

NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample provides fresh insights into the potential for life beyond Earth, revealing key organic compounds and minerals.

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

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

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Salty, water-soaked asteroid reveals pathway to life’s origins

Researchers offer their most comprehensive assessment to date of the history of water and organic compounds in a sample ...

StudyFinds on MSN1d

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

Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...

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Asteroid Bennu has all five amino acids for genetic material

Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.

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