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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space ...
New York Post13d
‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, told Agence France-Presse last week. The 2024 YR4 asteroid observed by ...
Phys.org14d
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city ...
NorthJersey.com8d
2024 YR4, ‘city-killer’ asteroid headed for Earth; when and where it will hit us
Scientists are closely watching a newly discovered asteroid — 2024 YR4 — whose ... you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs." According to the Torino Impact Hazard ...
AOL5d
NASA to study "city-killer" asteroid as odds of hitting Earth go up
Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space ...