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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 ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per ...
‘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 ...
Terrifying 'city-killer' asteroid to fly dangerously close to Earth this week
A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest ...
An Asteroid (Probably) Isn’t Hitting Earth Any Time Soon
Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally restarting land-based life on our planet and setting the stage for humans to ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 May Miss Earth in 2032, But It’s Not Gone for Good
In a cosmic twist of fate, scientists have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid previously thought to pose ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a potentially hazardous object (PHO), meaning it could pose a collision risk to ...
NASA warning: Massive asteroid twice the size of the Taj Mahal hurtling toward Earth at 77,282 km/h
Asteroid 2014 TN17, measuring 540 feet wide, will safely pass Earth on March 26, 2025, despite being classified as ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the Moon, raising concerns for future lunar missions; here’s what NASA says
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it impacts, it could form a large crater and create meteoroids, affecting ...