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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.
An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...