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Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
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.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon
Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon.
What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?
February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2032 specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a high of 3.1 per cent
Nasa Warns The Chances 'Asteroid Yr4' Hitting Earth In 2032 Just Shot Up
Nasa Warns The Chances 'Asteroid Yr4' Hitting Earth In 2032 Just Shot Up Something big is lurking in the darkness of space, and it’s coming toward Earth. Astronomers have been closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4,
This Asteroid Had a 3 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth and Now It’s Zero
For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its trajectory using some of the most powerful telescopes on the planet.
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A group of scientists from China and America have discovered that Mars once had an ocean after the Chinese Zhurong rover ...
House-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow, NASA Reports
NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...
Alternatively, Elon Musk says we could 'annihilate ourselves with nuclear war or super volcanoes'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained why he thinks asteroid could hit Earth at any time and that he wants humanity to find a 'second planet' ...
A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky
Whenever planets are visible in the night sky, they always appear roughly along the same line. This path, known as the ...
New Theory Explains How Ancient Earth Came to Be So Wet
Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...
Can the ‘city-killer’ asteroid which could destroy Kolkata, Mumbai be stopped?
The chances of the ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting Earth are minimal. However, the potential devastation would be massive.
Upcoming Space Missions by NASA from 2025 to 2033
Explore NASA's upcoming space missions from 2025 to 2033, including lunar landers, Mars probes, asteroid flybys, and ...
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Probability of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade increases, NASA says
The elongated shape of the orbit takes the asteroid around the sun and into Earth's vicinity before it ventures far out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Because of the unusual orbit ...
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5 Space Missions to Watch in March: Mars Gravity Assists and Astronaut Homecomings
Two Mars gravity assists are expected, and NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally set to come home from an extended stay on the International Space Station. Here are five space ...