Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies previously projected a 3% chance of the asteroid striking our planet before lowering the chance to 0.28% last week.
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In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.
The most scare about an asteroid strike has passed – but advances in technology mean we can now see more and more of them out ...
One fateful day 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs — which had inhabited Earth for about 165 million years — got a nasty ...
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Astronomers Explain NASA's 2032 Asteroid ProjectionsCould an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? NASA says there's a chance, but the odds keep changing. We asked two experts to break it ...
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