Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than 10 meters has a greater than 1 percent chance of striking Earth within the next 20 years. The risk of 2024 YR4 meets this threshold.
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Scott Manley has a plan to save the Earth from Asteroid 2024 YR4Scott Manley is a software developer with degrees in physics and astronomy. He uses his self-taught engineering and rocket ...
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Flattened forest in the aftermath of the 1908 Tunguska Event.Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It's too early ...
The Moon is no stranger to being struck by huge lumps of space rock. In fact, new research has shown that, nearly four ...
YR4, discovered on December 27, 2024, by the ATLAS survey in Chile, has recently garnered attention due to an increased ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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