‘City-killer’ asteroid YR4 might not hit Earth in 2032. But can it still be a threat?
YR4, once referred to as a ‘city-killer’ with the potential to cause regional devastation and impact the climate, is no ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid To Make Its Closest Approach To Earth In More Than 100 Years This Week
A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.
Terrifying 'city-killer' asteroid to fly dangerously close to Earth this week
A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest ...
Asteroid big enough to wipe out cities could still strike Moon creating major lunar impact
Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 amid concerns that it could collide with the Moon in 2032. While the asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth, new ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
These special kinds of asteroids are dangerous, since they come back regularly ... inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth's orbit, giving it a chance ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
since they come back regularly.” These aren’t the only space rocks on the radar. On March 26, at around 7:30 am, the asteroid 2014 TN17 came within 3.2 million miles of Earth or around 13 ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
NASA Alerts: A massive 540-foot asteroid coming very close to Earth Today – Should we worry?
TN17, a gigantic space rock the size of the Taj Mahal, is speeding towards Earth at 77,282 km/h. It is rated as possibly ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
These special kinds of asteroids are dangerous, since they come back regularly ... inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth’s orbit, giving it a chance ...