Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...
Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...
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," ...
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.
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Confirmed – these are the areas of the planet where the dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have gone up in the past few days, leading both NASA and the European ...
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight ... this will also happen with asteroid 2024 YR4. “We expect the impact probability to go to zero rather than 100 percent ...
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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Earth's mini-moon was the moon all along
Asteroid 2024 PT5 ... "unless you go and bring a sample back, you cannot tell for sure," said Vishnu Reddy, a professor of ...
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth — how worried should we be?
2024 YR4 follows a highly elliptical, four-year orbit, swinging through the inner planets before shooting past ... go to zero," said Betts. A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an ...
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
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A ‘city-killer’ asteroid might hit Earth – how worried should we be?
that probability will go to zero,” said Betts. A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029.