Ancient Asteroid Unlocks 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Magnetic Secrets of the Solar System
A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...
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Asteroid YR4
Quickly, quickly! You don't want to be out there. Don't you know that there's an asteroid coming? It's this one, over here. Asteroid 2024 YR4, and it could smash into Earth in 2032. NEWS SOUNDBITE ...
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Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth – scientists
PARIS — The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday (Wednesday ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
waiting to make a close approach to its target asteroid. Notably, the spacecraft — which is roughly the size of a window air-conditioning unit — was developed in just the past 10 months.
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Asteroid that sparked concerns no longer poses threat: NASA
The asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was first spotted by telescopes on Dec. 27, now has a 0.004 percent chance of hitting the planet and is “expected to safely pass… ...
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Risk of 'city killer' asteroid hitting Earth downgraded to 0.001%
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago ...
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Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth in 2032. The same can’t be said yet for the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 threat ...
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Chance asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent, ESA says
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago ...
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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 ...
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‘City Killer’ Asteroid Suddenly Declared Safe — What To Know
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth has been reduced to almost zero after new observations dramatically shrunk the “uncertainty window,” according to the European Space Agency.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking ...