Meteor Hitting Earth 2022

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

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 try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

CBS News · 1d

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. 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.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

Asteroid set to strike earth in 7 years, China begins recruitment for ‘planetary defence force’

China has initiated the formation of a planetary defence team to address the potential danger posed by near-Earth asteroids.

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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?

"The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth, but at some ... the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a ...

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