There's a 1.9% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it
Look at it this way — there's almost a 99 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth ...
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A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth In 2032 — What To Know
or take images from a spacecraft that could closely approach the asteroid, suggests IAWN. However, 2024 YR4 will be too distant for radar observations until 2032, when it could strike Earth.
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.
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There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
South polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. Nasa/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images ... miles of Earth, respectively, also on Friday. On Sunday, 2025 BU, which JPL describe as being about the size ...
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Asteroid Bennu came from a distant, lost world of salty ponds
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...
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Scientists Warn an Asteroid the Size of a Football Field Could Strike Earth and Destroy an Entire City
The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...
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Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
(AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032 ... but the spacecraft is destroyed NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit ...
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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system
In a nutshell Scientists found pristine salt minerals in asteroid Bennu samples that formed in a specific sequence as ancient ...
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Two-mile wide asteroid to brush past Earth today – what would happen if it hit?
Alinda has no chance of colliding with Earth – but what wouldhappen if it did? (Picture: Eyes on Asteroids/NASA / SWNS) Today, an asteroid larger ... could be used to destroy it, or a spacecraft ...
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High risk asteroid could hit earth in 2032 – can we defend ourselves?
The second highest risk has just a 0.68 per cent chance of hitting Earth. Astronomers have rated the threat of the new asteroid as being a level ... of the asteroid and destroy it, the idea ...
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Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs
A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the ... for any rock currently being monitored. The second-most risky asteroid has just a 0.68 chance per cent of hitting earth - about half of YR4.
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Exact date newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth revealed
A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22 ... The asteroid’s predicted ‘impact corridor’ (Picture: Daniel Bamberger/Wikimedia Commons) YR4 smashing into the ...