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Planet-rattling asteroid has better odds of hitting Earth

Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero

Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

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An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

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Could Asteroid YR4 Strike Earth? The Latest Odds Revealed

Imagine a space rock the size of a football field hurtling toward Earth at 38,000 miles per hour. Sounds like the plot of a ...

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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it

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 ...

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Scientist: No need to panic about asteroid that might hit Earth in 2032

Since early January, Chinese scientists have been continuously observing an asteroid that has a small chance of colliding ...

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