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A large asteroid known as 2024 YR4 has grabbed headlines this week as scientists first raised its chances of hitting earth, then lowered them. The latest estimate says the object has a 0.28% ...
Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will ...
The Earth will be hit by a tiny asteroid today, astronomers have said.. But the tiny asteroid – which is roughly one metre in size – will burn up in the atmosphere as it arrives.. That means ...
A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth. The European Space Agency issued an alert for the 27-inch asteroid at 4:27 a.m. ET ...
An asteroid burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere just hours after it was detected last month, the European Space Agency revealed in its latest newsletter.. The asteroid, called 2024 UQ, was first ...
NASA said last week that there is currently a 2.3% (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While still tiny, that probability nearly doubled from ...
The asteroid making so much news today ranks as a three, representing “a chance of collision capable of localized destruction.” Read More : NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will ...
Scientists around the world are watching asteroid 2024 YR4 closely as NASA and European Space Agency officials say the asteroid has a small chance of smacking into Earth in under a decade.