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Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks!'

YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path has reduced its possibility of intersecting the Earth to below the 1-in-1000 threshold.

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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

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Will an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? Here's what we know

NASA announced that the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had been recalculated thanks to additional data, and now has a 0.28 per cent chance of collision in 2032, or about 1 in 357. This is a much better probability than several days earlier,

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NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today

The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...

Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

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Salt discovered on asteroid in outer Solar System hints at a lost ocean in space

Researchers expect similar sodium salts to be found on the dwarf planet Ceres, in water plumes from Saturn's Enceladus, and ...

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Oort cloud resembles a galaxy, new study finds

A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson makes feelings clear on 'city killer' asteroid with 600x power of Hiroshima bomb

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has made his feelings clear on asteroid 2024 YR4, the “city killing” space rock ...

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German physicist leading the Planetary Defense Office: "If necessary, we can build a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid in four years"

The scare caused by 2024 YR4 has reminded us of how vulnerable humanity is to asteroids. A threat that the European Space Agency's Planetary Defense Office, led by Richard Moissl, is addressing: "The ...

SpaceX launch sends 22 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...

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