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Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry
A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...
A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth. Here's what to know.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Chance of Major Asteroid Hitting Earth Is Small, But Going Up
It was initially believed the asteroid, first detected on December 27, had about a 1 percent chance of colliding with Earth, but by Thursday, that chance had risen to 2.3 percent. On Wednesday, NASA ...
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Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month
"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for our next mission, Vestri, which will ...
AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission
The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his ...
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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ...
NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to ... Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. Medium-size asteroids such as Bennu collide with Earth about every 100,000 to 200,000 years, according ...
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Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Researchers have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in unprecedented samples collected from the ...
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Has Over 1% Chance Of Earth Impact
NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...
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There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
Five asteroids are expected to make close approaches to Earth this weekend. A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the ...