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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 Agency.
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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 Agency.
Newsweek5d
Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.
An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of hitting Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati5d
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting earth increase
The asteroid, described as a potential "city-killer," was initially detected in December and its likelihood of impacting Earth has increased slightly, according to the European Space Agency.
Gizmodo5d
The Odds of a Newly Discovered Asteroid Hitting Earth in 2032 Keep Rising
The odds of an asteroid crashing into Earth in 2032 keep changing, and not in a good way. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1-in-45 chance of impacting our planet in seven years. The odds are not a huge ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4: When exactly could the asteroid hit Earth and what would happen if it did?
A newly-discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, according to scientists. The space rock - named 2024 YR4 - has a 2.2% chance of crashing into ...
The Daily Telegraph6d
Risk of football pitch-sized asteroid hitting Earth doubles in a week
The asteroid could flatten a city and lead to “local devastation”, estimates suggest. A similar-size rock landed in the Siberian wilderness in 1908 and devastated a thousand square miles of ...
The Independent5d
Nasa using world’s most powerful telescope to examine asteroid that could smash into Earth
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does?
An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...