An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...
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NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360
Don't worry. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72% chance of missing Earth in 2032. If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped ...
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See images of the ‘city-killer’ asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth
Catalina Sky Survey/LPL/Dr. Wierzchos/Bryce Bolin The photos were recorded on February 7 by the Gemini South Telescope, a powerful, 26-foot space-spotting device located on a mountain in the ...
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A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over the Philippines
was spotted earlier today by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey and initially given the designation CAQTDL2, before being ...
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Chilling animations depict effect ‘city-killer’ asteroid would have on Earth — as experts warn moon also in danger
“Showing just over ~2% impact probability on Earth,” Dr. David Rankin, operations manager of the University of Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, wrote in a viral post on Blue Sky ...
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Scientists discover adorable 'minimoon' orbiting Earth - but it won't be here for long
The minimoon, called 2020 CD3, was detected on February 15 by scientists at the Catalina Sky Survey. Kasper Wierzchos, one of the scientists on the study, tweeted the news, writing: “Earth has a ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 'no longer a threat' to Earth, Nasa scientists say
Discovered by Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, the Big Ben-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is now seen as a negligible threat, with recent data significantly reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% ...