Scientists Followed 75 Meteorites and Mapped the Asteroid Belt’s Violent Origins
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
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Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...
Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
If you've been losing sleep at night over a certain threatening asteroid dominating the news cycle, it's time to catch up on your rest. The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4’s chances of colliding with Earth drop near zero
Astronomers were concerned because the space rock’s trajectory, carrying it away from Earth in a straight line, meant the asteroid would be out of reach of ground-based telescopes in April and ...
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The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
Astronomers were concerned because the space rock’s trajectory, carrying it away from Earth in a straight line, meant the asteroid would be out of reach of ground-based telescopes in April and ...
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Odds of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 fall once again, now to 0.28%, NASA says
NASA has been monitoring the asteroid and providing updates on its trajectory. While the asteroid is relatively small, it could still cause significant damage if it were to hit Earth. The asteroid ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a potential ...