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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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
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.
An asteroid is circling the Earth. What Arizonans need to know about impact
YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
You can watch the ‘city-killer’ asteroid as it soars toward Earth
Watch as a city-killer asteroid set to possibly crash into Earth in 2032 zooms away from Earth in new telescope footage.
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
China Sets Up 'Planetary Defense' Unit Over 2032 Asteroid Threat
YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.
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DART Asteroid Impact Seen From Ground Observatory And Cubesat
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes observatory captured imagery of the impact from the French island of La ...
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 ...