Astroid On Earth Hitting Mark

Earth, Asteroid

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.

Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...

CBS News2d

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1%.

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