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Asteroid's Chance of Smacking Earth Drops Dramatically. Here's What to Know

NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably close to Earth in 2032.

Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? 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," the European Space Agency said.

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‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

Nasa has it down to 0.0017 per cent – meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...

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An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

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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 ...

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