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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 – how worried should we be?

Asteroids have the potential to cause widespread destruction muratart/Shutterstock Telescopes around the world are currently trained on a building-sized asteroid…

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Here’s what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years

Scientists have revealed what would actually happen to our planet if an asteroid the size of One World Trade Center…

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Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colossal asteroid strike

A view of two large canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger basin NASASVSErnie T. Wright A vast impact…

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Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 : NPR

A meteor contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in a photo taken by a mobile…

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Science news this week: Doomsday predictions and asteroid secrets

Humanity is the closest it’s ever been to catastrophe. That’s according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who this…

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Will Asteroid 2024 YR24 Strike Earth in 2032?

In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near…

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Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid…

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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be anything but. In fact, it isn’t even…

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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn’t an asteroid at all — it’s Elon Musk’s trashed Tesla

Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid — only to realize that the…

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‘City-killer’ asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

NASA scientists have just spotted a hunk of space rock that could smack into Earth in 2032. And while it’s…

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