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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

NPR · 3d

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 2032.

National Geographic · 10d

This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA's terrifying protocol if asteroid was heading towards Earth as 'exact locations' of potential 2032 collision revealed

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

Space on MSN8d

Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The Atlantic4d

So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...

However apocalyptic that might sound, the fact that we can imagine 2024 YR4’s impact is by design: Space agencies—particularly NASA—have become rather good at spotting asteroids. And two ...

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9 Stunning images of Asteroids by NASA

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system. Nasa releases images.

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