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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
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.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there
In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...
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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 minimal levels, but its extraordinarily close approach will offer astronomers th ...
Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
City-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth right NOW…& we have no way to detect it, space agency chiefs warn
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity ...
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The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about
The most serious near-miss, and the closest comparison with ... It would help them test the scenarios they have modelled about asteroid impacts on Earth, helping create better predictions.