Asteroid Belt in Solar System

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Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth. Here's Where It Could Hit in 2032

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

Ars Technica · 2d

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.

StamfordAdvocate · 1d

Astronomers are tracking giant asteroid's chances of hitting Earth

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to injure 1,500 people.

The Washington Post on MSN · 6d

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.

India Today on MSN · 1d

Nasa reveals orbit of asteroid that could collide with Earth in 2032

Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa has charted the course of its orbit and the object's trajectory in space. Nasa's Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is tracking the asteroid and has already prepared its projected orbit that brings it in extreme proximity to Earth.

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Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

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An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

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NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Ceres’ Hidden Secrets: Unveiling a Cryovolcanic Giant in the Asteroid Belt

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

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New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

Science Daily3d

Solar System News

15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System ... within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach ...

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