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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Could Asteroid 2024 YR4 Really Destroy A City? NASA Responds
NEW: NASA has increased the chance a major asteroid smashes into Earth in 2032, now giving it a 3.1% chance, up from 2.6% ...
Is Nasa planning to 'destroy' the 'city-killer' asteroid from hitting Earth in 2032?
Nasa is monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Measuring between 130 and 300 feet ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...
Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
NASA says that, yes, an asteroid buzzing by in 2023 could hit Earth
An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a ...
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Asteroid 23 BU Time-Lapse Seen Shortly Before Super Close Approach To Earth
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured asteroid 2023 BU when it less than 40,000 km (25,854 mi.) away from Earth earlier this year. It’s closest approach to Earth was about 3,600 km ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
ESA's Euclid spacecraft spots 'stunning' rare Einstein Ring in far off galaxy
A European Space Agency telescope has discovered its first "extremely rare" Einstein ring in a galaxy "not too far away" ...