‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
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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 ...
Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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 ...
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Extinction asteroid's impact on Earth laid bare as new map outlines 'mega ripples' on seafloor
Scientists have created a new 3D map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The study, published in the journal Marine Geology, reveals ...
Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
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What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?
The average impact velocity for an asteroid on Earth is a whopping 17 ... and they don't really help us figure out when the next one might happen. As the story around asteroid 2024 YR4 shows ...
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NASA to launch spacecraft to track asteroids that threaten Earth
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...
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3.5 billion-year-old crater created by meteorite impact found in Australia, scientists say
The impact crater could be linked to the ... in Nature Communications on Thursday. MORE: Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says A distinctive rock formation ...
A geologic map of the asteroid belt: Tracing meteorites back to their origins
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...