New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years.
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause on Earth.
Confirmed – these are the areas of the planet where the dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have gone up in the past few days, leading both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to step up their
Newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032. How worried should you be?
YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field, measuring 40 to 100 metres across.
2.3 Percent Chance An Asteroid May Hit Earth In 2032, US Science Is Under Attack, And Much More This Week
This week, the earliest runestone ever to be reliably dated may have been carved by a woman, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived some 1.4 million years ago has been revealed by a jawbone, and an Antarctic fossil dating back 68 million years proves the existence of dinosaur-era ducks.
NASA Raises the Risk of 2024 YR4 Impacting Earth on December 22, 2032
NASA calculates a 2.3% chance of the asteroid, over 50 meters in size, impacting our planet. The Space Agency and NASA have recalculated their predictions, and the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth on December 22,
Nasa reveals orbit of asteroid that could collide with Earth in 2032
Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa has charted the course of its orbit and the object's trajectory in space. Nasa's Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is tracking the asteroid and has already prepared its projected orbit that brings it in extreme proximity to Earth.
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2024 Terra Social Media Stories
2024 was a busy year for the Terra mission, as we handled platform battery charging changes, performed a yaw maneuver, and celebrated Terra’s 25th Anniversary– all while continuing to support the ...
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Trump and Musk Say SpaceX Will 'Go Get' NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space
NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore arrived at the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for what was originally planned as an eight-day test flight.
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'Large' asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. But not why you think.
Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to ... people's windows in 2013 proved. Every single day about 100 tons of dust and sand-sized ...
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There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
Nasa/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images Asteroid 2024 YR4 has an "interesting" orbit ... "it can't all happen in a day, because the asteroid has to keep moving in the sky." The Large Binocular Telescope ...
Chance of 2032 asteroid strike have increased. Why scientists say not to worry
The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...
California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA
A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope toward the Pacific Ocean at a rapid rate, according to NASA.