See images of the ‘city-killer’ asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth
A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a ...
Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
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A huge space rock has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth so let's all play Asteroid Launcher
We interrupt our regular schedule of fish puns and naughty jokes about holes to warn you that a huge chunk of celestial ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.
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Interstellar Asteroids Could Originate From Alpha Centauri, Says Paper
Interstellar asteroids visiting our solar system from parts unknown used to be the stuff of science fiction. But today, we know of at least two such bodies Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov respectively ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to uncover more details ... Planet killer asteroids are space rocks that are 1 kilometer across or ...
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So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...
And it was caused by the midair explosion of a space rock just 180 feet long ... NASA—have become rather good at spotting asteroids. And two revolutionary observatories coming online in the ...
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Why Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Unlikely to Hit Earth in 2032 and How Scientists Keep Track
New calculations suggest there's a 2% chance the space rock 2024 YR4 will smack Earth ... What's an asteroid? Asteroids are space rocks orbiting the sun that are considerably smaller than planets.
This Atari Asteroids Watch Shoots at Space Rocks to Tell the Time
The limited edition Asteroids Atari Watches in collaboration with Nubeo are battery-less timepieces that looks just like the ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets nudged into our neighborhood of space by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets. They are chunks of rock, metal or ice left over from the ...
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How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets nudged into our neighborhood of space by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets. They are chunks of rock, metal or ice left over from the ...