‘City-killer’ asteroid YR4 might not hit Earth in 2032. But can it still be a threat?
YR4, once referred to as a ‘city-killer’ with the potential to cause regional devastation and impact the climate, is no ...
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Killer asteroid may be blasting towards Earth right now but we have no way to detect it
Another city-killer asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth completely undetected, a space agency chief had warned. Luca Conversi believes there is a chance "something the size of YR4 " – the ...
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 significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...
Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
Could a meteorite really hit a person and injure them ... an asteroid the size of a house entered Earth's atmosphere over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, exploding about 14 miles from the ...
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Meteorite hits Russia
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The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse
The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima ... The Tunguska meteor that hit the Earth in 1908 — the largest known natural object to enter the planet’s atmosphere ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
Acquiring more data, like refining the space rock’s trajectory, may reduce the odds of a direct hit ... asteroid struck the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote Siberian forest of Russia ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to pose a threat to Earth, will not impact the planet in 2032, though a collision with the moon remains possible. It follows ...
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Dog House Worth an Estimated $300K After Surviving Meteor Impact Is Up for Auction at Christie's
The doghouse and the meteor that hit it are up for auction as part of Christie's "Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar, and Other Rare Meteorites" sale Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.
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6 biggest asteroid strikes on Earth
They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.
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Russian meteor: 17 metres wide, weighed 10.000 tons and crashed at 64.373 km/h says NASA
The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth, and could it spell the end of the world?
Recently, there was one in Russia that many people caught on dash ... That being said, in the roughly one in 50 chance the asteroid does hit Earth, the professor says it's unlikely to hit a ...