Reuters on MSN12d
Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth
The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is orbiting on a path that will bring it close to Earth in 2032, with scientists previously ...
USA Today21d
Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 reach highest levels ever
Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will ...
USA Today15d
Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
If you've been losing sleep at night over a certain threatening asteroid dominating the news cycle, it's time to catch up on your rest. The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in ...
CBS News19d
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
ABC News22d
Chance of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 3.1%, NASA says
The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
The Boston Globe28d
What to know about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
In late January, scientists announced the discovery of an asteroid with a remote chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Scientists from the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA said in ...
PBS15d
Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any ...
CNN16d
The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983% chance that the asteroid will safely zip by Earth in seven years, according to NASA. The agency also shared that the new ...
The Washington Post21d
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero
The recently discovered, much-hyped Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has almost zero chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to the latest astronomical observations. After the probability of impact peaked ...
ABC 7 Chicago21d
Probability of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade increases, NASA says
CHICAGO -- The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers. The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas ...