A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
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Asteroid Has a 1% Chance to Impact Earth in 2032 — Should We Be Worried?
YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...
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Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say
The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll ...
ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth
The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found ...
Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...
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 ...
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
Asteroid Bennu Holds Clues About Life Beyond Earth, Reveals NASA
NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample reveals important chemical molecules and minerals, offering new information about the ...
NASA says chances of 'city-destroying' asteroid hitting Earth have increased
Astronomers have revealed the potential impact area of a 'city-killer' asteroid that has a slight chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032. How close are YOU to the danger zone?
Good news for Earth: Newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of impacting the planet
On Christmas Day 2024 researchers found a huge 196-foot space rock that has only 1 percent of a chance of hitting Earth.
NASA Tracks Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid With a 1% Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, 2024 YR4, has caught NASA’s attention due to a slight chance — just over 1% — of impacting Earth in 2032. While this sounds alarming, history shows that similar ...