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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

2024 YR4: What to know about the asteroid that could hit Earth in the future

Scientists across the world, including some in Arizona, are keeping an eye on an asteroid that has a very slim chance of hitting earth in the near future. Here's what to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.

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Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?

That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely. According to NASA, the odds of a collision are just 2.3%. But that nearly doubles the 1.

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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course.

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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.

Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was ... A telescope in Chile—part of one such NASA-funded facility, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)—discovered 2024 YR4 ...

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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"

If the asteroid does hit the planet, NASA said its potential impact sites could include areas over the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Arabian Sea ...

Asteroid Impact Modeling Reveals a Chilling Future – and a Surprising Ocean Rebound

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

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Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?

Below is a quick look at the risk of 2024 YR4 making a deep impact on our home world. Holy crap! Are we all going to die in 2032?! No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR4 asteroid. First off ...

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Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry

The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid. That's because experts ...

NASA Just Doubled the Odds of an Asteroid Impact – Should We Worry?

YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...

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An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does?

An asteroid ... impact.” In the unlikely event that the asteroid’s trajectory is toward Earth, its destination would be somewhere along a “risk corridor” that extends across the eastern ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

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