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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

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.

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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.

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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

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What to know about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

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