‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
Odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fall. What scientists now say about 2024 YR4
Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.
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Could an asteroid could hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know.
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ... there was a possibility it could hit over the eastern Pacific Ocean ...
City-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth right NOW…& we have no way to detect it, space agency chiefs warn
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...
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 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
so are more likely to hit. The resonant “pumping” stretching the orbit both inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth’s orbit, giving it a chance to impact.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
This would mean that if 2024 YR4 were going to hit Earth on its next closest approach in 2032, we could nudge it enough to avoid disaster. —If an asteroid really threatened the Earth ...