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Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
But more recently, the car spawned a high-profile case of mistaken identity as space observers mistook it for an asteroid. Several observations of the vehicle, gathered by sweeping surveys of the ...
CBS News2d
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati4d
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting earth increase
The asteroid, described as a potential "city-killer," was initially detected in December and its likelihood of impacting Earth has increased slightly, according to the European Space Agency.
New York Post12d
‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, told Agence France-Presse last week. The 2024 YR4 asteroid observed by ...
Phys.org13d
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
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. Such an impact has the potential for city ...