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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
600 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Strike Shook the Planet – And Its Effects May Still Linger
Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...
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The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about
A large asteroid known as 2024 YR4 has grabbed headlines this week as scientists first raised its chances of hitting earth, then lowered them. The latest estimate says the object has a 0.28% ...
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This asteroid won’t destroy Earth. But a Baltimore-run telescope is watching.
The asteroid everyone was worried about won't hit Earth. Better news: Folks working in Baltimore will help us learn more ...
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Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent
A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth -- 3.1 percent according to NASA and 2.8 percent according to the ESA. The planetary defence community ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
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The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
The agency also shared that the new data suggested that the asteroid had a 1.7% chance of hitting the moon, but those slight odds of impact do not pose a risk to Earth. “When first discovered ...
Physics World8d
How would an asteroid strike affect life on Earth?
New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted ...