Watch CBS News Asteroid Odds of "city-killer" asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 rise, then fall again, NASA says The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032. Feb 21 Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth ...
According toNASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), when 2024 YR4 passed by on Dec. 25, 2024, its closest approach was around 828,700 km from Earth, or a little over twice the distance to the Moon. However, on Dec. 22, 2032, i...
Astronomers identified a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling 38,700 mph, measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, and a slim chance of hitting Earth. VIEW GALLERY - 2 Jak Connor Tech and Science EditorPublished Jan 31, 2025 4:33 AM CST ...
(AP) — An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest such encounters ever recorded. NASA insists it will be a near miss with no chance of the asteroid hitting Earth. NASA said Wednesday that this newly discovered asteroid will zoom...
There is currently no danger of the asteroid hitting Earth, with the object passing the planet at a distance of about 1.9 million miles. MORE: School bus-sized asteroid to come nearly as close to Earth as the moon That's roughly eight times the average distance between Earth and the moon...
asteroids to make sure that we understand where all of them are, because if any were to get close enough to the earth, we thought there was a possibility of hitting us, we'd have to figure out how to divert it or do something to it to keep it from striking the earth," he added....
Risk of Giant Asteroids Hitting Earth Worse Than RealizedMarch 22, 2023 Our planet hides its scars well. It's a shame, actually, as evidence of previous asteroid strikes might help us better plan for the next catastrophic impact.In fact, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center chief scientist, Ja...
Meteor Gonna Asteroid that "could end human life" is heading for Earth Well, NASA says you can relax, the end of the world isn't coming next month (at least not in the form of a giant space rock). Responding to wild Internet rumors that an asteroid is careening toward Earth and will...
Meanwhile, scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency aregetting ready to study Apophis. NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (formerly known asOSIRIS- REx) is set to investigate the asteroid after its close call with Earth and the ESA will send a spacecraft known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Spac...
Risk of asteroid hitting Earth reduces from highest-ever impact probability Nasa said 2024 YR4 now has a 1.5% chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, down from 3.1%. By Ted Hennessey, PAFebruary 20, 2025 at 9:58am GMT 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of ...