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Asteroid's Chance of Smacking Earth Drops Dramatically. Here's What to Know

NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.

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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably close to Earth in 2032.

Orlando Sentinel · 6h

Whew! Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threat to Earth, scientists say

At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3% and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...

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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

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How worried should we be about an asteroid hurtling toward Earth? | Hanomansing Tonight

NASA says the chances of a direct hit by asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be the size of a football field, keep shifting. CBC ...

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