For instance, Scientists recently calculated that there is about a one in 1750 chance of the potentially hazardous Bennu asteroid hitting Earth between 2021 and 2300, while another group of researchers examined an asteroid that was discovered in an Algerian desert last year and determined it was actually a piece of an ancient planet older than Earth itself.
For even more about asteroids, find out why the metallic asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter has an estimated worth of $10,000 quadrillion, learn more about how a floating asteroid could play host to rotating habitats for humans to potentially colonize, and then take a closer look at an asteroid sample originating from a near-Earth object named Ryugu.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN?