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NASA Lowers Asteroid 2024 YR4 Impact Risk for 2032
Good news for those concerned about reports of a potential asteroid impact in 2032: NASA has dramatically lowered the ...
Scientists Found 52-Foot-Tall Underground Ripples From the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...
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Astronomers watching 'city-killer' asteroid to determine chance of striking Earth in 2032
YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...
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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to continue shifting with further observations ...
The Indianapolis Star18d
Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
Though both YR4 and Apophis are no longer a risk to Earth, astronomers maintain that studying them could help the world's space agencies in mounting a planetary defense if the day ever comes that an ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" of Earth impact.
CBS News19d
Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...
Forbes19d
‘City Killer’ Asteroid Suddenly Declared Safe — What To Know
On Feb. 18, the asteroid’s impact probability was increased to 3.1%, the highest ever recorded for an object of this size. The following day, it was reduced to 1.5%, according to NASA.
The Mirror1mon
Inside Nasa's fight to save Earth from colossal asteroid - doomed date to deflection mission
It sounds like a sci-fi movie but scientists say the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth is a real life possibility. The date of potential doom is December 22, 2032, when a giant rock the ...
Time29d
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely—but the risk is on the rise. According to NASA’s Center for Near ...
Live Science22d
What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
One fateful day 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs — which had inhabited Earth for about 165 million years — got a nasty surprise: A roughly 9-mile-wide (15 kilometers) asteroid crashed into ...
USA Today18d
Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
astronomers maintain that studying them could help the world's space agencies in mounting a planetary defense if the day ever comes that an asteroid does pose a threat. As of October ...