Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson warns about ‘mansion-sized asteroid’ that could hit Earth in 2032
At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might ...
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Chance of a Recently-Discovered Asteroid Hitting Earth in 2032 Has More Than Doubled, According to NASA
Getty The possibility of a recently-discovered asteroid striking Earth has doubled within the past several weeks, according to NASA. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
NASA and the European Space Agency’s Webb Space Telescope will observe this near-Earth asteroid in March before the object disappears from view. Once that happens, scientists will have to wait ...
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Is there an asteroid heading towards Earth? Where will it hit? What to know about the 2024 YR4 asteroid
Since being first reported in Chile on Jan. 27, 2025 after a close approach with Earth on Dec. 25, the asteroid's ... Telescope will observe the asteroid in March 2025. The Webb telescope ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it
Webb will begin studying the asteroid in March, when it appears brightest, and again in May, according to the ESA. 2024 YR4 will disappear from view for a while after that, and astronomers will ...