NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032
NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...
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An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ... after a precise analysis of the asteroid’s orbit in 2021. And scientists are expecting similar ...
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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 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space ...
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An Asteroid (Probably) Isn’t Hitting Earth Any Time Soon
A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...
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Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? Probably not, but here's what experts say
An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over 3%. Experts say not to worry for now, as chances the asteroid will miss the Earth stand at nearly 97%. Astronomers now say a ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has non-zero chance of colliding with earth in 2032: What to know
Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the next decade. The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 ...
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Probability of huge asteroid hitting Earth down to 0.001%
A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth – 3.1% according to Nasa and 2.8% according to the ESA. The planetary defence community has been ...
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How "asteroid detectives" are protecting Earth from potentially dangerous impacts: "Find them before they find you"
Since December, Moskovitz had the Lowell Discovery Telescope trained on the 2024 YR4 asteroid. Scientists at one point projected it had about a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. 2024 YR4 is now ...
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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, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. While the odds of an impact are slim ...