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That asteroid hurtling toward Earth probably won't hit us

CNET on MSN · 9h

Asteroid's Chance of Smacking Earth Drops Dramatically. Here's What to Know

NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

USA Today · 14h

Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably close to Earth in 2032.

Russia, rare earth and economic cooperation

CNN on MSN · 1d

Russia says it’s open to economic cooperation with US on rare earth minerals and energy

Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals.

Kremlin says Russia has lots of rare earth metals that the US needs and is open to cooperation

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had lots of rare earth metal deposits and that it was open to doing deals to develop them after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of such collaboration with the United States.

Newsweek on MSN · 12h

Donald Trump Strikes Rare Earth Minerals Deal with Ukraine: Reports

While the deal does not include explicit security guarantees, Ukrainian officials emphasized that they secured favorable terms.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

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Solar system's journey through Orion complex 14 million years ago may have altered Earth's climate

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...

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How Far Do Trump’s Cuts to Science Reach? To the Ends of the Earth.

The National Science Foundation has fired workers at the office that manages polar research, raising fears about a reduced ...

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In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year, resumed its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the ...

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On This Day, Feb. 24: Scientists announce oldest-known fragment from Earth's crust

On Feb. 24, 2014, scientists announced that a tiny zircon crystal from Australia, 4.4 billion years old, was confirmed to be ...

Space on MSN4d

Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

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