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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane
The military keeps in-flight details on the X-37B relatively quiet. A new photo gives the first look at what the view is from ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
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Asteroid with small chance to hit Earth in 2032 upgraded to level three on Torino Impact Hazard Scale
According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab's Sentry System, asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has an impact probability of around 2.2%. Despite the heightened threat level, NASA says it is still too far out ...
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Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
like NASA’s demonstration of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test in 2022, or evacuating potentially affected regions on the ground, Farnocchia said. The group is continuing to monitor 2024 YR4 ...
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Grand canyons on the moon? Asteroid strike billions of years ago carved out 2 massive gorges
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon ... U.S. and British scientists used photos and data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the area and calculate the ...
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New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ... The images in the animation were captured by an ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on Christmas Day 2024, when the asteroid had “a close ...