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Earthquakes Asteroids Zombies: Predictions of Nostradamus
While many astrologers, seers and mystics are predicting a hopeful future. If you believe Nostradamus, you better start ...
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
At first, AstroForge kept its target asteroid a secret, fearing competitors. But in January, the company announced the destination, an object called 2022 OB5. Mr. Gialich said he was more ...
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What we learned from NASA's asteroid deflection test
NASA’s DART mission tested asteroid deflection. Scientists analyzed ejecta patterns, momentum transfer, and deflection ...
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What causes asteroid 2024 YR4’s impact probability to keep changing? Find out here
NASA and ESA are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially had a higher collision probability with Earth than the Apophis asteroid. New data has since lowered the impact risk to 1.5% ...
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‘City Killer’ asteroid approaching Earth in 2032: Is Mumbai at risk? Here’s what we know
Astronomers are monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4, detected in December 2024, with an estimated 1.5% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. The asteroid, size 130-300 feet, could affect cities ...
House-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow, NASA Reports
NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock—named "2025 DJ22"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines
A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking ...
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The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983% chance that the asteroid will safely zip by Earth in seven years, according to NASA. The agency also shared that the new ...
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Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...