Scientists have nearly ruled out any threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was previously believed to have a 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth.
The year 2028 will be the next opportunity to observe the asteroid as it returns to an observable distance for Earth-based ...
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Space.com on MSNTiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...
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Live Science on MSNDinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years agoDinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...
South polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth.
Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid big enough to destroy a whole city. As experts learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, they've confirmed that the odds of impact ...
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).
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