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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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 ...
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 ...
An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit
The nearly 200-foot space rock has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever,’ says ...
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Giant 196-foot-wide killer asteroid could strike Earth in 2032, experts warn
A giant space rock is on a potential collision course with Earth in 2032. Dubbed 2024 YR4, this asteroid poses a small but ...
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.
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.
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Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
They now say, based on the most up-to-date information, that there is a 1.3 percent chance that this asteroid will strike somewhere on Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Should this keep you up at night?
What are the odds this asteroid will hit Earth in 2032?
First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, a near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4: Could it really hit earth in 2032?
YR4, recently discovered by NASA and ESA, has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. While the odds are low, ...