Asteroid 2024 YR4 could do a lot of damage
YR4 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on December 25, 2024, when it was around 515,116 miles away from Earth.
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‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than an atomic bomb has triggered global space agency alarms. The odds that the space rock dubbed Y4, which is nearly ...
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A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
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Asteroid with a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 spotted by astronomers
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling discovery ...
The Independent6d
An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit
Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot large space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, researchers say. Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the ...
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Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Jan. 29, 2025 You may hear about a large asteroid headed toward Earth. Don’t panic. Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something zipping away from Earth: a rock somewhere between 130 ...
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Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more ...
USA Today7d
Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space
Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth, scientists report in a pair of new studies published ...
CNET7d
Newly Discovered Asteroid Has Over 1% Chance Of Earth Impact
NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with ...
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Asteroid samples hint at how life formed on Earth, researchers say
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this ...
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Agencies plan for near-Earth asteroid’s close encounter in 2032
A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the rock is potentially even larger than the one believed responsible for ...