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," ...
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Space agencies are "actively" monitoring 2024 YR4, the asteroid over 50 meters that could impact Earth in 2032
The UN has activated planetary defense protocols for the first time to better determine the orbit, size, and threat posed by 2024 YR4, a rock discovered on December 27 that has a 1.6% chance of ...
Study models asteroid collision’s potentially devastating impact
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
It might not look like much in this image, but this is the asteroid that has made a major news impact in 2025. That's because this space rock, designated asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-48 chance ...
New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.
Astronomers around the world have trained their telescopes toward an asteroid they believe has a minimal, but not insignificant, chance of hitting Earth in just under 8 years. Though space ...
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Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? What to know about 2024 YR4
And as they learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, the odds of impact are expected to slightly rise before it's expected they fall to zero, astronomers at the Planetary Society have said ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
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. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim.New ...