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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

CNN on MSN · 5h

An asteroid has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here’s how astronomers are tracking it

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

New York Magazine · 2d

Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?

A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a dinosaurs-killing size. Three hundred feet wide is about on par with the asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 (also known as the 1908 Tunguska Event).

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Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as scientists pinpoint year it could hit

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A rock star's plane crashes, Earth's asteroid threat, and a serious lack of childproofing: The news quiz

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