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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.

USA Today · 2d

Odds of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 fall once again, now to 0.28%, NASA says

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.

Digital Trends on MSN · 2d

That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all

With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That probably may well drop over time as well, but experts say that even if the asteroid were to impact the moon, it is unlikely to cause any problems on Earth as debris from such an impact would burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

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The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing

NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats

Objects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 will now almost certainly miss Earth in 2032

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to ...

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Sunday with Steven Rainey - Asteroid 2024, Will Mellor and Cops Gone Bad, Technology for the Visually Impaired, Twin Peaks Day - BBC Sounds

Actor Will Mellor delves into stories of servicing police officers in Cops Gone Bad.

What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?

"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some ...

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NASA’s New Asteroid Data Changes Everything – And the Moon Might Pay the Price

YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.

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