Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...
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2032 asteroid now has a higher chance of striking the Moon than Earth
YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
YR4 has given researchers their first chance to test an international protocol for responding to such hazards, put in place ...
Asteroid ’2024 YR4′ unlikely to hit Earth in 2032, but why are we obsessed with doomsday scenarios? - The Front Page
However, observations made of the asteroid on February 19-20 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact to 0.28%.
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Will an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? Here's what we know
It would be bad, but it would not be catastrophic. Chodas says the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013 was about 20 metres wide and produced an explosion of about 400 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 now poses no significant threat to Earth
Any risk to Earth from this small asteroid has almost been eliminated, but there's still a chance it could hit the Moon in ...
NASA projects highest probability ever for asteroid to hit in 2032
There are many asteroids that orbit within our solar system. Most are not a threat to earth. However, an asteroid that was ...
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Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
The last major asteroid event in recent history was the 18m wide meteorite that hit Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013. The fireball turned night into day and released an estimated 500 kilotons of ...