Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Snaps First Look at Upcoming Asteroid Target
The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...
NASA Warns Of Two BIG Asteroids Coming Scarily Close To Earth Tomorrow: How Near Will They Get?
The first asteroid, 2025 DE5, is approximately 22 feet in size and will zoom past Earth at a speed of 26,558 km/h. It will ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
An Asteroid (Probably) Isn’t Hitting Earth Any Time Soon
Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...
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 ...
Asteroid alert: This 42-foot space rock is about to come very close to Earth today, NASA reports
NASA reports that Asteroid 2025 DM7 will make its closest approach on 4 March 2025, coming within 294,000 miles of Earth.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the Moon, raising concerns for future lunar missions; here’s what NASA says
In addition to ground-based monitoring, NASA will also closely monitor the asteroid using the James Webb Space Telescope in the coming weeks. This observation time is short-lived, however ...
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NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
In a blog post on Wednesday, NASA said it expects the impact probability "to continue to evolve as new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 are made over the coming days and weeks" after it had ...
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Is there an asteroid heading towards Earth? Where will it hit? What to know about the 2024 YR4 asteroid
An asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, has a chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. According to NASA, asteroid 2024 YR4 has a low probability of hitting Earth ...
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Odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 suddenly change—again
"NASA expects the impact probability to continue to evolve as new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 are made over the coming days and weeks." ...