NASA tracking car-sized asteroid approaching Earth tomorrow

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? Probably not, but here's what experts say

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Threat: Could thousands of undetected space rocks hit Earth? Here’s what’s keeping NASA Scientists awake at night

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...
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A 200-foot asteroid has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon in 2032—and we could see it

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a crater about one kilometer wide and release some 100 million metric tons of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

An Asteroid Might Slam Into the Moon in 2032—and Create a Fiery Flash That’s Visible to Earthlings, New Research Suggests

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

'What keeps me up at night': NASA scientist warns of undetected city-killer asteroids

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.
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Asteroid once heading to Earth could hit the Moon instead, scientists say

NASA says that the chances of the asteroid known as 2024 YR hitting Earth have been virtually eliminated—but there is a small ...
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NASA gives terrifying update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth

NASA's head of planetary defence, Dr Kelly Fast, has issued an unsettling update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth.
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NASA's Webb to track asteroid with small chance of hitting Moon

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, to refine its trajectory and improve prediction models.

Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...
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Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid — Here’s what it means

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about every six ...