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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up 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 ...
USA Today6d
Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...
ABC News3d
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
A 2% chance of an asteroid strike is ... hazard associated with near-Earth objects -- 2024 YR4 is ranking at three out of 10, Farnocchia said, adding that most space objects rank at a zero.
The New York Times6d
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
It’s as if the asteroid has a wide spotlight that’s beaming out ahead of it. Earth is initially caught in the beam, but so is a lot of the space around it. Then, more observations come in.
Space.com3d
What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
What would happen if Earth were struck by another ... Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission, which touched down briefly on the space rock in October 2020 to gather ...