Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
YR4 is circling Earth and NASA predicts it could strike the planet in 2032. Here's what to know about the asteroid headed ...
which is why it's taken such a long journey -- and long time -- to swing by Earth again, according to The Planetary Society. A green comet will appear in the night sky this week, for the first ...
2025 includes a full schedule of meteor showers. They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting ...
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Amazing TimeLapse Of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF ProjectGianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to Earth at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away. Credit: Gianluca Masi / ...
Researchers claim that there could be at least 1 million interstellar objects hiding in the Oort Cloud at the edge of our ...
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Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth, scientists sayAt one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were as high as about 3 and topped the world’s asteroid-risk lists.
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Comet Nishimura's Path Around The Sun In Orbit AnimationThere are many famous mysteries from the Middle Ages that have kept us guessing. Such as the fate of King Edward II and the ...
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The Oort Cloud Forms a Spiral at the Outskirts of Our Solar SystemLearn about the Oort cloud, a vast area beyond the inner solar system that is believed to contain icy objects arranged in a ...
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