Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
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‘City killer’: NASA raises odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032
When it was first discovered, YR4 had a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth. It increased to 1-in-67, then 1-in-53, then to 1-in ...
GPUs powering AI will probably be the end of us all but at least they're being used to find small city smashing asteroids before they do
While finding massive metallic rocks in space is relatively easy, asteroids that are just ten metres in size are far harder ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's what could happen - and what's being done
In 1908, a 30-meter-wide (98-foot-wide) asteroid struck the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote Siberian forest of Russia, according to the Planetary Society. The event leveled trees and destroyed ...
Key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized city could potentially collide with Earth eight years from now, as its orbit ...
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," ...
NASA Issues Update on Chance of Asteroid Hitting Earth
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).
Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.