Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?
No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR asteroid. First off, there is currently only about a one-in-43 chance that this rock hits Earth, and those odds will change (and probably go down) as scientists gather more data on the recently spotted asteroid. A nearly 98 percent chance it won’t hit us is pretty good.
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
For about six weeks now, NASA has been tracking a small asteroid called “2024 YR4.” It has a very low chance of hitting the ...
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
Did you see something glowing in the sky on the evening of Feb. 4? You weren't the only one, but it might not be what you ...
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