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 astronomers.
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NASA says asteroid YR4 has a real chance of hitting us. Here's when and where it could hit.
NASA has discovered an asteroid 30 million miles away from Earth that the agency says has an increasing chance to strike our planet by December 2032, less than eight years from now. The asteroid ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up 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 ...
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NASA Issues Update on Chance of Asteroid Hitting Earth
The asteroid was first detected on December 27, 2024, and is between 130 to 300 feet wide, NASA's risk list of near-Earth objects shows. It is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth ...
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Will asteroid 2024 YR4 hit earth in 2032, here’s what NASA says
An asteroid measuring up to 300 feet may hit into the Earth in 2032, NBC quoted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as saying, adding that the chances of a collision are ...
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NASA's rare ‘emergency’ decision revealed as ‘city-killer’ asteroid’s chances of ...
The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile first spotted 2024 YR4 in late December last year.
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NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid
Faced with the (very low probability) threat of an incoming asteroid impact, NASA is bringing out the big guns. The agency will employ its powerful Webb space telescope to monitor newly discovered ...
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NASA makes emergency call as odds of ‘city-killing’ asteroid striking Earth increase
The asteroid was discovered by NASA in December and is reportedly at ... across — around the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Live Science reported. “It is very important that we improve ...
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NASA Says Asteroid Passing by in 2032 Could Hit Earth
A render of an asteroid approaching Earth. Credits: Credit: Kevin Gill / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says ...
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Nasa to turn James Webb Telescope towards asteroid that could collide with Earth
Astronomers are working to reduce the uncertainty about the asteroid's orbit and rule out any impact risk, but it will fade ...
An asteroid has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here’s how astronomers are tracking 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.