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Asteroid's Chances of Smacking Earth Increase. Here's What to Know
The asteroid's odds of smacking Earth have gone up in recent days, but that number is not set in stone. There's a lot still ...
RandBall: Will the Vikings win a Super Bowl before a giant asteroid hits Earth?
Those with an inclination toward doomsday and/or numbers have become fascinated/terrified by news in recent weeks that a ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...
NASA tracking ’Mega-Bomb’ Asteroid—Could it strike Mumbai or Bogotá?
Concerns rise over asteroid 2024 YR4, now with a 2.6% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, according to NASA. Initially ...
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Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...