A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Is Now at ‘Highest-Risk’ for Colliding With Earth in 2032
YR4 was only just discovered on Christmas Day last year, flying uncomfortably close to our planet, just 500,000 miles away. That’s roughly twice the distance of the Earth to the Moon, but it might get ...
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Asteroid To Fly By On 22nd December 3032, Possible Threat To Planet.
Scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, though further observations ...
High risk asteroid could hit earth in 2032 - can we defend ourselves?
Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is ...
Global defence plan triggered as 100-metre asteroid may hit earth in 2032
A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...
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NASA discovers asteroid that's now the most significant threat to Earth
Astronomers identified a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling 38,700 mph, measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, and a ...
NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...
Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn
The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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Dont look up: Asteroid on collision course with Earth could level a city
Asteroid 2024 YR was likely a "small, rocky object" measuring 40 to 100 metres and weighing about 220 million kgs. "If it was ...
Asteroid as wide as 886 cans of spam may hit Earth in 2032
Video Astronomers reckon a 220-million-kilogram asteroid is going to swing by Earth in 2032 with a 1-in-100 chance of hitting ...
New Football Pitch-Sized Asteroid Tops NASA's Impact Risk Chart with Potential to Crash into Earth in 2032
According to scientists, the asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day and passed near around 500,000 miles.