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Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032

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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 left to learn about the space rock. The asteroid, desig

Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer a threat, new data confirms

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...

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