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An asteroid has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
Artist's conception of the DART spacecraft approaching the Didymos asteroid system before deflecting the Dimorphos moonlet ...
What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
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What We Know About the Asteroid That Might Hit Earth in 2032
In December 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, named 2024 YR4, which has since captured the attention of space ...
Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? What to know about 2024 YR4
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers ...
Is there an asteroid heading towards Earth? Where will it hit? What to know about the 2024 YR4 asteroid
An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...
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 ...
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
Scientists will be able to more accurately study all aspects of the asteroid, and thus refine their predictions, during its next flyby in 2028. “The first step in the planetary defense response ...
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth. How worried should we be?
Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December ... it's zooming away from Earth -- its next close pass won't come until 2028. "The odds are very good that not only will this not ...
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Will asteroid YR4 collide with Earth in December 2032?
As per LiveScience, the asteroid will pass Earth in late 2028. It will then fly by again six more times between 2032 and 2074. On the Torino Impact Hazard Scale – which ranges from 1 to 10 and ...