Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
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Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?
A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good. Second, while that’s definitely a massive rock, it’s not like a ...
NASA Issues Update on Chance of Asteroid Hitting Earth
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).
Has an asteroid ever hit Earth? List of collisions as NASA doubles chance of strike in 2032
Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the ...
Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Could Strike Earth in 2032 – Is NASA Running Out of Time?
A giant space rock hurtling towards Earth at thousands of miles per hour might sound like something from a sci-fi film, but a ...
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Space boffins warn it might be too late to stop giant asteroid hitting earth
Scientists have increased the risk that the 196ft-wide 2024 YR asteroid could smash into Earth to 1-in-43 – and there's some ...
So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
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 ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
Nasa makes emergency decision on huge asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
Astronomers have opened up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to foreign scientists to determine how much damage the ...
NASA issues 'emergency' update on city-killer asteroid
Scientists will be able to use the James Webb Space Telescope to help them build a better understanding of Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Asteroid headed towards Earth might smash into the Moon, scientists say
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or Cneos, reviewed the trajectory of the asteroid 2024 YR4 and found that its odds of striking the planet in 2032 doubled to 2.3 per cent up from about 1 ...