Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth. Here's Where It Could Hit in 2032
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...
Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
Huge Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032. Here's How We Could Stop It
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
Inside Nasa’s sci-fi movie battle to save earth from asteroid strike that could cause more damage than 100 nuclear bombs
IF you’ve got any plans for December 22, 2032, you might want to bring them forward. Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch hitting Earth on that date has just doubled. If ...
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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been ... after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many when it was first discovered. The risk of Apophis impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby even rose as ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.
In the unlikely scenario that the large asteroid does hit Earth, such an event won't necessarily ... during its unprecedented DART mission in 2022. But this was only a test on the non-threatening ...
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Odds Of Football Field-Sized Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Went Up
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth have risen ... impactor to change its course (as NASA successfully did in 2022 with its DART mission), a gravity tractor (a spacecraft pulling ...
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Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
A recently discovered asteroid that has captured ... a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...
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The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just went slightly up
The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade just went up slightly, according to NASA scientists. The asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was ...
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The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just went slightly up
The chances that a space rock could hit Earth in less than a decade ... for addressing that crisis. Indeed, in 2022 NASA successfully demonstrated a “Deep Impact”-inspired vehicle known as the Double ...
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A massive asteroid has a chance to hit Earth. Here's what to know.
What we know about 2024 YR4 and its chances of hitting Earth Dubbed 2024 ... led the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a ...