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Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...
Digital Trends27d
That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office It seems that Earth isn’t likely to be struck by ...
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This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was one such observatory. The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years ...
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An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the Eu ...
CBS News23d
Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...
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Asteroid's Chances of Smacking Earth Increase. Here's What to Know
It's not great news, but don't panic: Astronomers spotted an asteroid that has a roughly 3.1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Space agencies are monitoring the newly discovered ...
USA Today28d
Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 reach highest levels ever
Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will ...
Yahoo26d
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
ABC News29d
Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
Oregonian22d
Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth in 2032. The same can’t be said yet for the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat ...
CNN28d
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...