Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
"It is very important that we improve our size estimate for 2024 YR4," the ESA said in a statement Monday, which noted "the hazard represented by a 40 m asteroid is very different from that of a ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry
They also expect the chance of an impact to fall dramatically in the near future when we know more about its orbit. Asteroid hunter David Rankin first "precovered" (short for pre-discovery ...
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Walking Out Sans Wedding Band
"Hi, we are Sam & Monica. We've been sharing the story of our relationship from the days of being long distance internationally, pursuing visas, pranking each other, and rescuing our dog Sonny. Follow ...
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The odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth have climbed. Should we be worried?
10:07 How do we defend our planet from a killer asteroid? Well, there’s good news and bad news. First, the bad news: Experts at NASA, this week, have bumped up the odds of an impact to a one-in ...
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Cheer on the Birds with the Eagles Pep Band
President Trump says he will discuss the blocked deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel as he meets with Japan's Prime ...
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An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen if it hits, and should we worry?
An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...
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How Can We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?
We usually see such warnings about one or two objects every year; the latest iteration concerns an asteroid, 2024 YR4, that may be up to 100 meters wide and as of this writing has a greater than 2 ...
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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
"We aren’t just waiting for an asteroid to strike,” Richard Moissl, head of the European Space Agency's Planetary Defence Office, said in a recent statement. “We are taking active measures ...
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Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
“Even though the probability of impact is small, it is larger than we usually find for other asteroids,” Dr. Farnocchia said. If this asteroid were to hit Earth, it would unleash a destructive ...
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Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
“Basically, the more observations we get, the more we can localise and confirm the asteroid’s trajectory, which is most likely to turn out to be a flyby, and not an impact,” according to a ...