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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.
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When NASA crashed into an asteroid, it did way more than 'nudge' it
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will rendezvous with and survey the asteroid pair in 2026. "Now that NASA ... of dust and sand-sized particles fall through Earth's atmosphere and ...
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‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Flying Between The Moon And Earth This Week In Rare Event
While asteroid 2023 DZ2 poses no threat of impacting Earth during this visit, there is a miniscule chance it could hit us when it returns in 2026. This big space rock is much larger than almost ...
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Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
And as they learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, the odds of impact are expected to slightly rise before before it's expected – and hoped – they fall to zero, astronomers at the ...
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Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid with a slightly increased chance of hitting Earth
If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will rise and then fall, according to the agency. For example, the asteroid ...