Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 reach highest levels ever
The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...
NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another ... NASA can predict “how serious an impact this asteroid could produce and how difficult a task it might be to deflect this asteroid.” ...
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Asteroid unlikely to hit Earth in 2032
But the chance of an impact is still quite slim ... and we’ll have a for-sure answer.” In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope ...
Hawaii astronomers announce asteroid impact probability updates
The findings have been crucial for NASA’s planetary defense efforts and critical data for experts assessing the asteroid’s ...
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Study models asteroid collision’s potentially devastating impact
A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread ... North America and northern South America. This “impact winter,” the researchers write, would disrupt photosynthesis ...
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Asteroid hurtling toward Earth? Odds for impact increase once again
The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but ...
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Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
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This asteroid could release energy 500 times an atomic bomb, India in its impact zone
NASA and ESA are monitoring the situation closely. The asteroid's possible impact could release energy 500 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Updated projections are expected soon to determine ...
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NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
Advertisement NASA scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope give the asteroid a slightly lower chance of impacting Earth, CBS News reported, but the chance of impact makes it the most ...
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Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
When was the last time an asteroid had similar odds of hitting Earth? This is only the second time that impact prediction systems have rated any asteroid with an impact probability of more than 1%.