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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike Earth, Researchers Say, But the Odds are Small

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.

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An artist’s impression of an asteroid. Newly discovered 2024 YR4 has an almost 99 percent chance of safely passing Earth in 2032.

Life’s Building Blocks Lurked Inside NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Samples

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

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Astromaterials processors at the Johnson Space Center in Houston collected asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister after its return from space in 2023.

Elon Musk Suggests SpaceX Will Accelerate Return of NASA Astronauts

SpaceX is scheduled to bring home two astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June. Mr. Musk said President Trump had asked for that to occur “as soon as possible.”

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Suni Williams, top center, and Butch Wilmore, bottom center, on board the International Space Station last year.

Elon Musk Suggests SpaceX Will Accelerate Return of NASA Astronauts

SpaceX is scheduled to bring home two astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June. Mr. Musk said President Trump had asked for that to occur “as soon as possible.”

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Suni Williams, top center, and Butch Wilmore, bottom center, on board the International Space Station last year.
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