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An artist’s impression of an asteroid. Newly discovered 2024 YR4 has an almost 99% chance of safely passing Earth in 2032. Photo: ESA-Science Office
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth — how worried should we be?

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years

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Asteroid Bennu holds clues to life’s cosmic origins, NASA finds

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NASA to unveil first images of historic asteroid sample

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Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe

The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in Dugway, Utah, U.S. September 24, 2023. NASA/Keegan Barber/Handout via REUTERS
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Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

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Nasa readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

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Historic NASA asteroid mission set for perilous return

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. NASA/Johns Hopkins/Handout via REUTERS
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NASA to launch Psyche mission next month to explore metal-rich asteroid

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China plans to send probe to near-Earth asteroid around 2025

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Massive asteroid expected to pass by Earth this weekend

The carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu is seen from a distance of about 12 miles (20 km) during the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 mission on June 30, 2018. JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu and AIST/Handout via REUTERS
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Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

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New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered

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Dart mission succeeded in shifting asteroid's orbit: Nasa