The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should we be worried?
Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimated a 1.9 percent chance of an impact with Earth in 2032. NASA's most recent estimate has the likelihood of a strike increasing to 3.2 percent. Now that's not particularly high, but it's also not zero.
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.
An asteroid that sparked concerns about potentially hitting Earth no longer poses a significant threat of slamming into the ...
At one point the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...
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You Can Stop Losing Sleep Over That AsteroidIt looks like 2024 YR4 may be a nothingburger after all. The asteroid was discovered at the end of last year and is expected ...
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Asteroid Impact Scenario: How a 500-Meter Collision Could Disrupt Climate and EcosystemsScientists have modeled the potential consequences of a 500-meter asteroid colliding with Earth. The research delves into how ...
No, it’s the data getting better and better, and the predictions getting finer and finer, and eventually we can rule out the ...
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