Apophis Asteroid Hitting Earth

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. 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.

The Associated Press on MSN · 19h

Threat of newly-discovered asteroid hitting Earth has risen

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.

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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that exploded over Russia and blew out people's windows in 2013 proved.

Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

The Washington Post13d

Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention

Apophis was initially forecast to have a 2.7 percent probability of hitting Earth on ... to see how the asteroid’s gravitational interaction with Earth distorts the structure of the rock.

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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know.

What we know about 2024 YR4 and its chances of hitting Earth Dubbed 2024 YR4 ... A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7 percent chance ...

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