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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." ...
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 been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth ... according to the European Space Agency. The space rock is formally named 2024 YR4. Scientists say it currently carries a 2% risk of making ...
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Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?
No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR4 asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this rock hits Earth, and those odds will change (and probably go down ...
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How Can We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.
An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ... Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that exploded over ...
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
The asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide. The space rock has a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas, manager for the Center ...
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Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
A telescope in Chile, part of a NASA-funded program to search for near-Earth objects, spied the asteroid two days after the rock, on Christmas, made its closest approach to Earth. It was roughly ...
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A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, the European Space Agency and NASA have found. But that also means the space rock has a nearly 99% chance ...