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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032

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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Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today, NASA Reports

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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NASA more than doubles chance that asteroid could hit Earth in 2032

"While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032," NASA shared on X. "As we observe the asteroid more, the impact probability will become better known."

An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ...

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NASA's terrifying protocol if asteroid was heading towards Earth as 'exact locations' of potential 2032 collision revealed

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

Inside Nasa's fight to save Earth from colossal asteroid - doomed date to deflection mission

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

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