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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Phys.org · 21h

Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032

The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been cut in half to around 1.5 percent, according to new calculations from NASA.

Nature · 23h

Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

NASA Alert! 67-foot asteroid heading towards Earth at 16,490 mph tomorrow

NASA has detected a 67-foot asteroid traveling at 16,490 mph set to fly by Earth on February 18, 2025. Despite its alarming ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4: When could the asteroid hit and what would happen if it did?

In 2021, scientists revised their estimates of the risk posed by the cruise liner-sized space rock after a precise analysis of the asteroid’s orbit. Earth gets hit by an asteroid of this size ...

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Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? What to know about 2024 YR4

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...

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