Chances of a big asteroid strike on Earth just doubled. Here’s why you shouldn’t be too worried.
A large asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. That estimate, made Friday, works out to approximately a one-in-45 chance of direct impact, which also means a 44-in-45 chance of a miss.
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What Happens If an Asteroid Comes Too Close to Earth? Don't Panic — NASA Already Has a Plan.NASA scientists are already finding ways to make sure that the end of the world will not be caused by an asteroid.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking asteroid 2025 CG, set to pass Earth safely today at about 1.3 million miles away ...
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...
The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...
Astronomers have raised the likelihood of “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 2.3 per cent, or roughly ...
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