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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...
Asteroid deflection strategies: Researchers unveil new scenarios
How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032: Are insurers prepared?
Insurance companies globally will be monitoring the risks associated with a “city-killing” asteroid that could collide with ...
Asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, but NASA lowers impact probability to 0.3%
Astronomers are keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. This asteroid has a small probability of impacting the Earth in ...
An asteroid impact on Earth is unlikely: Here’s why
A recently discovered asteroid has made the news lately due to a small possibility of impact with Earth, but here is why the ...
The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising
The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...
NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
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NASA’s odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fall to 1.5%
The risk of a huge asteroid hitting earth has dropped after NASA reported its highest-ever impact probability for an object ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...
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Scientists Closely Track Asteroid 2024 YR4 Amid Small Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
Astronomers are closely tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) that has a 2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. While the probability remains low, scientists stress ...
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Local experts discuss asteroid that has a chance of hitting earth in 2032
Scientists have their eye on the sky as an asteroid making its way toward earth that could be the size of a football field has come into view.The asteroid dubbed "2024 YR4" was first ...