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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting Earth

An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

USA Today · 6d

Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

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Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS' 'near-death encounter' with the sun may have blown it apart, new photos suggest

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.

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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‘Great Comet Of 2025’ Dazzles – Here Are The Best Photos

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

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Rare, green comet to pass by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years

will subsequently make its closest pass of Earth between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, around 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) away, according to EarthSky-- as the comet nears Earth, observers ...

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Comet G3 (ATLAS) looks breathtaking above future home of world's largest telescope (photos)

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

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