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NASA increases odds of asteroid hitting Earth

Space on MSN · 9h

NASA lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 67 (phew!)

NASA announced the reduced impact risk on its X feed at around 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Wednesday (Feb. 19). The updated assessment was based on new orbital data for the asteroid, which is estimated to be around 180 feet (55 meters) wide, collected overnight between the Feb. 18 and Feb. 19.

CBS News · 18h

Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

USA Today · 17h

Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth drop from record high, NASA says of 'city killer'

NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where they stand

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NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

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NASA warns asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit densely populated regions; over 100 million people in risk zone

An asteroid, the size of Big Ben’s tower, poses a 2.6 percent chance of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. Key cities like ...

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NASA tracking ’Mega-Bomb’ Asteroid—Could it strike Mumbai or Bogotá?

Concerns rise over asteroid 2024 YR4, now with a 2.6% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, according to NASA. Initially ...

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The Truth About Asteroid 2024 YR4 And Why You Shouldn’t Worry (Yet)

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, ...

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