Is asteroid 2024 YR4 still a threat? Here's what we know
On Thursday, NASA announced that the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had been recalculated thanks to additional ...
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‘Threat-to-Earth’: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch NASA’s asteroid hunter telescope
NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an advanced asteroid hunter telescope that will detect and observe asteroids that could pose ...
NASA Lowers Impact Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 After New Data
According to the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, developed by Richard Binzel, Professor of Planetary Sciences at MIT, asteroid ...
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An active February and an asteroid watch
It’s been a snowier-than-average February in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Northwest. As of the weekend, about two feet of snow has fallen at Cliff’s station this month, compared to a ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here's what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
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What are the chances asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth?
A NASA asteroid tracker explains how scientists are calculating the risk to Earth from asteroid 2024 YR4. MSNBC Chief Plans ...
You’re going to see more ‘city-killer’ asteroids, but fret not: MIT astronomer
This week’s hype around a “city-killing” asteroid possibly striking Earth raised the fears of many before the odds of impact ...
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Chances Of 'Riskiest Asteroid Ever Detected' Hitting Earth Increase: Here's Why
The outlook for a newly discovered asteroid’s potential impact with Earth is shifting, and scientists say there’s a reason ...
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NASA And China Prepares To Track THIS ‘City Killer’ Asteroid —Will Earth Be Ready For 2032 Threat?
Last year on the day of Christmas, a football sized asteroid passed close to the earth. It was around double the distance ...
What we know and don’t know about the asteroid hurtling toward Earth
The good news is that if Earth is incredibly unlucky and the asteroid does hit on Dec. 22, 2032, it will not destroy the ...
Why the chance that an asteroid might hit Earth in 2032 keeps changing
An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a ...