Phew! The risk of that asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has significantly lowered
The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.
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NASA Has Changed the Probability Asteroid YR4 2024 Will Hit Earth—Yet Again
For several years, astronomers have been aware of a much-ballyhooed “city-killer” asteroid named YR4 2024, which is hurtling ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope, which has an infrared eye that allows it to track the asteroid further out than optical light ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4: The 'potentially hazardous' asteroids that could still strike Earth according to NASA
All eyes have been on the space rock in recent weeks after NASA scientists warned an asteroid named 2024 YR4 had a small chance of smashing into Earth, and even had the potential to wipe out a major ...
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Asteroid YR4 impact odds plummet as NASA changes threat level of 'city-killer'
NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly downgrades the asteroid's threat level and makes a moon strike more likely.
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Scientists Say ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Could Hit the Moon Instead of Us — So What Happens Then?
Even though the odds of crashing into Earth are quite low, if it does bang into the planet, a catastrophe would be unleashed.