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Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit around the sun briefly intersects the path of our planet. Named 2024 YR4 ...
Time6d
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely—but the risk is on the rise. According to NASA’s Center for Near ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...
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NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
Feb. 15 (UPI) --NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency are ...
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Odds of a giant asteroid hitting Earth have slightly increased. Where could 2024 YR4 hit?
Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid big enough to destroy a whole city. As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact ...
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Moon Also In Danger From Asteroid Projected To Collide With Earth In 2032: Report
There's a small chance that the asteroid could collide with Moon. While scientists have doubled the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032, new calculations show that there was a ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032; know which nations are at risk as scientist warns ‘so much could go wrong’
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 has a 97.9% chance to safely pass the Earth in 2032, as per NASA scientists. An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 has a 97.9% chance to safely pass the Earth in 2032 ...
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NASA’s asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s defense
On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by. It will come closer to Earth than the ...
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Chance of a Recently-Discovered Asteroid Hitting Earth in 2032 Has More Than Doubled, According to NASA
Getty The possibility of a recently-discovered asteroid striking Earth has doubled within the past several weeks, according to NASA. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...
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NASA to study 'city-killer' asteroid as chances of hitting Earth increase
Astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of striking Earth less than eight years from now. Characterized as a potential ...