‘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 ...
Enormous asteroid the size of Germany which would wipe out all life on earth if it hit
An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour.
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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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 ...
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Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge
Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but ...
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 ...
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, ...
‘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.
Asteroid big enough to wipe out cities could still strike Moon creating major lunar impact
The asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth - but new calculations suggest a notable chance of a lunar impact.
Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...