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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028."

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Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and position.

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Asteroid 2024 YR - How the powerful James Webb Space telescope is helping NASA monitor space rock

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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NASA's terrifying protocol if asteroid was heading towards Earth as 'exact locations' of potential 2032 collision revealed

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

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Comet G3 (ATLAS) looks breathtaking above future home of world's largest telescope (photos)

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

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Shocking simulations shows how asteroid that might strike Earth could destroy cities

An incredible simulation has shown exactly what would happen if a 'city killer' asteroid was to hit Earth. That's right, a ...

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Scientist warns it might be too late to deflect ‘city killer’ asteroid heading toward Earth

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which ...

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Solar flares in May 2024 revealed Earth’s vulnerability to space weather

After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO ...

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