NASA plotting how to destroy ‘city-killer’ asteroid that has 1.5% chance of hitting Earth — here’s how it would work
NASA is on high alert for a “city-killer” asteroid that’s headed toward Earth — cuz they don’t wanna miss a thing.
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‘City Killer’ Asteroid’s Earth Impact Risk Rises to Highest Ever Recorded
The asteroid 2024 YR4 probably won’t come nearly as close to Earth anytime soon as the space rock in this artist’s ...
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s why.
Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
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NASA warns of bus-sized, 100-foot asteroids approaching Earth: Check date and other details
NASA has warned two massive asteroids 2025 BS4 and 2025 BH2 are set to come dangerously close to Earth today. Asteroid 2025 BS4, will safely pass Earth on January 28, traveling at 35,000 miles per ...
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14-year-old boy from Noida discovers asteroid, Nasa asks him to name it
The project aims to allow students to analyse the data for potentially discovering new asteroids. There are at least 6000 requests from children from across the globe every year. Daksh, along with his ...
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14-Year-Old Noida Student Discovers Asteroid, Gets To Name It With NASA's Approval
Daksh, along with two of his classmates, had been searching for asteroids for over a year and a half as part of the International Asteroid Discovery Project (IADP), under the guidance of Dr ...
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Atari’s limited edition Asteroids watch tells time with orbiting spaceships
Atari has released a collection of new watches with a unique design that celebrates the 45th anniversary of Asteroids. In the original version of the game that debuted in 1979, spotting and ...
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New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
2024 YR4 is a newly spotted asteroid with the potential to hit Earth—and its chances of smashing into our planet in 2032 is definitely more than zero. I realize that “definitely more than zero ...
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Noida boy, 14, picked by NASA to name asteroid he ‘discovered’
For a year and a half, Malik and two of his school friends, had been hunting for asteroids under the International Asteroid Discovery Project (IADP). They got this opportunity in 2022, when the ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
De la Fuente Marcos’ paper in September suggested that the object is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.
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NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
Asteroids in our solar system are mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Occasionally, interactions with the gravity of the planets can cause an asteroid to be ejected from ...