The city-killer asteroid’s chances of striking Earth just dropped to zero
The latest city-killer asteroid updates suggest Asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss Earth entirely, leading astronomers to breathe a ...
Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's ...
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...
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" ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
AstroForge: Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to launchpad
A decade ago, news stories were aflutter about the wealth promised by asteroid mining companies. But things didn't quite work ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...
NASA announces SpaceX will launch NEO Surveyor to track killer asteroids
NASA announced the NEO Surveyor mission, which aims to detect and track asteroids that could pose a catastrophic threat to our planet.
'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4's threat rises. What will happen if it enters Earth's atmosphere?
YR4: NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032, potentially causing ...
Torres: News of asteroid heading our way has me looking for shelter
Torres: 3.1 percent is not high but it is the highest risk level of a space rock crashing into us, ever. Except for the one ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032: Are insurers prepared?
Insurance companies globally will be monitoring the risks associated with a “city-killing” asteroid that could collide with ...
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Asteroid's Chances of Smacking Earth Increase. Here's What to Know
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years ... an asteroid moonlet by smashing a spacecraft into it in 2022. The ESA suggested a spacecraft-based response may be ...