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As expected, the threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4 has essentially dropped to zero
New information is pushing Asteroid 2024 YR4 off of our front pages. Initial estimates gave it a 2.8% chance of striking ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...
CBS News14d
Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said in a statement. By New Year's Eve ...
ABC News20d
Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. South polar region of the ...
Houston Chronicle26d
NASA discovers new asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. Here's what you need to know.
On Christmas Day it made an approach close enough to be detected in asteroid surveys. Until late January, the trajectory was too uncertain to predict an impact to Earth. "As new observations ...
ABC719d
Probability of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade increases, NASA says
The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. When the detection of the ...
NDTV26d
Near-earth Objects
The study hint... Asteroid 2024 XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest point at 02:56 am GMT. On December 3 ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they... An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years.
Daily Express22d
Asteroid warning: How YR4 'city-killer' is the biggest threat to Earth yet
Forget the turkey and Christmas pudding. Don’t worry about decorating the tree. The gift atop your wish list might be a fallout shelter. In less than eight years, an asteroid heading for Earth ...