Oxford astrophysics professor explains 'quite devastating' impact asteroid that could hit Earth in seven years may do
YR4 asteroid has a small chance of it hitting Earth in 2032 and University of Oxford's Professor Stephen Smartt has weighed ...
Asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, but NASA lowers impact probability to 0.3%
Astronomers are keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. This asteroid has a small probability of impacting the Earth in ...
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Asteroid hurtling toward Earth? Odds for impact increase once again
In early February, NASA announced that the asteroid’s chances of hitting our planet grew to 2.3%. And most recently, on Feb.
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Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...
Sea Turtles’ Hidden GPS: Scientists Unlock the Secret of Their Magnetic Navigation
Scientists have discovered that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures of different ...
How satellites revolutionised climate change science
From space, scientists can track everything from sea levels or greenhouse gases to infectious bacteria or water stored ...
Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks ...
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New Maps of the World
People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...
Winter Storm Kingston Maps Tracker: Radar, Forecasts, Alerts And More
Winter Storm Kingston has started to produce snow in the Central Plains and Midwest, and it has its sights set on the ...
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...
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Odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth go up again
Large telescopes around the world continue to track Asteroid 2024 YR4 before it fades out of view this spring and the odds of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth just went up.