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NASA studying near-Earth asteroid

NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be some 26 feet across.

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Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and position.

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Is an asteroid really heading for Earth? This is what Nasa has to say

Scientists have spotted an asteroid which they estimate has a more than 2 per cent risk of hitting Earth in eight years time

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 ...

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'City killer' asteroid could hit Earth - where it could it land and the damage it may cause

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.

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A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth — What To Know

or take images from a spacecraft that could closely approach the asteroid, suggests IAWN. However, 2024 YR4 will be too distant for radar observations until 2032, when it could strike Earth.

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Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry

The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43 ... meaning he was able to find ...

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