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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 ...
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 ...
CBS News3d
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 ...
Yahoo8d
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 ...
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, ...
Los Angeles Times8d
An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen if it hits, and should we worry?
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 ...
KTLA9d
New NASA imagery shows a large asteroid could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid ... on an impact trajectory, the impact would occur somewhere along a risk corridor which extends across the eastern Pacific ...